Tag: Faith

Reflections on Aging: Lessons from the South West Believers’ Convention

Tade Oyebode

I was in Nigeria in 2019 when I learnt that an old schoolmate, who lived in another country, was also visiting. I contacted him to see whether we could meet. Our friendship went back many years. Our fathers had attended the same school, something we discovered when I went to sit the entrance examination for… Continue reading Reflections on Aging: Lessons from the South West Believers’ Convention

Pentecostalism and Controversy: The Story of Dr Sunday Adelaja

Tade Oyebode

Whenever I wanted to cancel my subscription to the Economist, an article comes up that makes me change my mind. I first became aware of Dr Sunday Adelaja through Charisma Magazine, which covered events in the Pentecostal Movement. Charisma is based in America but its coverage was across the globe. I am no longer sure… Continue reading Pentecostalism and Controversy: The Story of Dr Sunday Adelaja

A Glimpse of Leo Tolstoy’s faith in His Book, Anna Karenina

Tade Oyebode

Tolstoy's display of encyclopeadic knowledge in Anna Karenina is simply breath taking. Forestry, Horse Racing and Breeding, Farming, Philosophy, Theology, Suffering, Child Birth, Political Economy are some of the topics he covered in depth. How did one man accumulate such knowledge across disparate fields? In this brief post, I share his musings on his faith… Continue reading A Glimpse of Leo Tolstoy’s faith in His Book, Anna Karenina

Rev Jesse Josiah Ransome-Kuti and the Ogboni Fraternity

Tade Oyebode

Recently, I wrote about Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's musical heritage (read here). Rev Jesse Josiah Ransom-Kuti was Fela's grand father: Rev Josiah Jesse Ransome-Kuti took a very radical and practical approach to his faith, and that approach brought conflict with the Anglican Church. A very good example was when he allowed the "Ogboni Fraternity" to hold a… Continue reading Rev Jesse Josiah Ransome-Kuti and the Ogboni Fraternity