The following "Researcher Reflection" from Dr. Ayodeji Ogunnaike is part of an ongoing series where we spotlight CSWR scholars and their research.

In part as a result of discussions with others affiliated with the Center for the Study of World Religions, over the past several years I have become increasingly interested in not only the way the body is engaged in Yoruba religious practice but specifically the way Yoruba traditions can change and divinize the body. Traditional Yoruba religious and philosophical thought is inseparable from both ritual and deep engagement with the human body, even in Ifá divination, arguably the most widely practiced and celebrated indigenous African intellectual system.... Read more about CSWR Researcher Reflection: "The Body in Yoruba Religion", Ayodeji Ogunnaike