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Sep 2026
Ẹ̀SÌN IS NOT RELIGION: A CONCEPTUAL AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL DISTINCTION IN YORÙBÁ-NIGERIAN THOUGHT
This paper challenges the routine translation of the Yorùbá word ẹ̀sìn as "religion," an equivalence that has become deeply entrenched in both scholarly and everyday usage. The English term "religion" carries the weight of a specifically Western intellectual lineage shaped by Latin Christendom, post-Reformation denomin...
T. F. Awosola, A. Bo̩larinwa, S. Olaleye
· Journal of Humanities and So... · 0 citations