OLANIYI Abiola Ayodeji

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OLANIYI Abiola Ayodeji

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Email address(es): aaolaniyi@gmail.com / abiolaniyi@oauife.edu.ng

Office Address: Department of Religious Studies HB2, Room 405B

ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-1906-4882

Academic Qualifications:  PhD, MA, MDiv, PGDE, BA

Areas of Specialization:  Old Testament Studies in African Christianity

Title of M.A. Thesis:  Ruth: A Model of Care of the Aged and Widows

Title of Ph.D. Thesis: Syncretistic Parallel between Worship on Mount Carmel and Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria

Scholarships : Obafemi Awolowo University Award for Outstanding Student 1989

Fellowships: Haggai Institute of Advanced Leadership Training

Ongoing Current Research:

Religious Institutionalization and Entrepreneurship in Religious Leadership in Ancient Israel and African Christianity

Publications:  

  1. A. Olaniyi, “Herbal Healing in Ezekiel 47:12 and Second Baptist Church, Yekemi, Ile-Ife, Nigeria” HUMANUS DISCOURSE vol. 4: no 6, 2024, 112-122.
  2. A. Olaniyi, “An Exegetical Exploration of Political Theology in Genesis 32 and Governance in Nigeria” Nigerian Journal of Christian Studies vol. 6, no 1, 2023, 46-59.
  3. A. Olaniyi, The Torah and the Household in the Development of the Israelites, The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, vol. 9, no. 2, 2021, 54-59.
  4. A. Olaniyi, Gender Struggles and Female Leadership in the Old Testament and African Instituted Churches in Nigeria, The International Journal of Humanities & Social Studies, vol. 8, no. 11, 2020, 150-163.
  5. A. Olaniyi, Evolving Identity in the History of Ancient Israel, Journal of Management & Entrepreneurship, vol. 14, no. 3, 2020, 20-38.
  6. A. Olaniyi, The Complexity of Culture and Spirituality of Shalom between Ancient Israelites and Charismatic Pentecostals in Nigeria, Journal of Humanities & Social Science, vol. 25, no. 9, 2020, 01-12.
  7. A. Olaniyi, Dynamism of Authority and Power in the Socio-Economic Mobility of the Israelites, Journal of Humanities & Social Science, vol. 24, no. 1, 2019, 07-19.
  8. A. Olaniyi, Religion and National Security in Ancient Israel and Nigeria, in Humanities, Security and Social Media, Ilé-Ifè: Faculty of Arts, OAU, 2019, 142-163.
  9. A. Olaniyi, “Decolonizing Biblical Interpretation in Africa: An Intercultural Hermeneutics of ’Ezer Kenegdo in Genesis 2:18-25 among Yoruba Christians” in J.D. Gwamna, A.O. Dada and Hope Amolo (eds), The Present State and the Future of Biblical Studies in Africa, Nigerian Association for Biblical Studies, University of Ibadan, 2017, 241-250.
  10. A. Olaniyi, “An Intercultural Hermeneutics of Female Voices in Religious Leadership in Ancient Near Eastern and Yoruba Patriarchal Systems” Dialogue & Alliance Journal, Universal Peace Federation, New York, vol. 30, no. 1, 2017, 24-32.
  11. A. Olaniyi, and B. O. Bateye, “Dynamism in Sacred Historiographies and Female Religious Leadership of Ancient Israel and Apoti-Eri C&S Churches, Ile-Ife.” Ife Journal of Religions, vol. 12, 2016, 124-162.
  12. A. Olaniyi, “The Inclusive Dialogue in 1 Kings 1:1-53 and the Bias of Caucuses in Administering Sustainable Religious and Political Systems” RELIGIONS: Journal of the Nigerian Association for the Study of Religions, Makurdi, Nigeria, vol. 25, no. 2, 2015, 391-401.
  13. A. Olaniyi, and D. O. Olayiwola, (2014) “The Contextualization of Dreams in the Old Testament and Some Selected New Religious Movements, Ile-Ife.” European Scientific Journal, vol. 10, no. 32, 2014, 278-293.
  14. A. Olaniyi, A. A. (2014) “A Comparative Study of Sacrificial Rites in Ancient Israel and the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria, Ile-Ife.” Ife Studies in the Arts and Literature, vol. 9, 2014, 105-120.
  15. A. Olaniyi, and B. O. Bateye, “Gender, Masculinity and the Complexity of Womanhood: A Case Study of the Ancient Israelite Culture and Tunwagun Ooye Isangbe Yoruba Cultural Sub-Group.” African Journal of Institutions and Development (AJID), vol. 8, nos. 1&2, 2013, 66-82.
  16. A. Olaniyi, “Decentralization for National Development in Nigeria from a Contextual View of Ancient Israelite System of Egalitarian Stewardship and Accountability.” OGIRISI: Journal of African Studies, vol. 10, no. 2, 2013, 148-168.
  17. A. Olaniyi, “The Gebira Role in the Ancient Israelite Royal Cult and Women Leadership in Ile-Ife Zone of Cherubim and Seraphim Churches”, AFRICANA Journal, vol. 6, no. 1, 2012, 259-278.
  18. A. Olaniyi, and S. O. Olanisebe, “Nehemiah’s Reform in Israel: A Challenge for Nation-Building.” LUMINA, Holy Name University, http://lumina.hnu.edu.ph vol. 22, no. 2, 2011, 147 – 161.

 

  1. A. Olaniyi, and S. O. Olanisebe, “The Garden of God and the Responsibility of Man (Genesis 2:7-17): Towards Environmental Sustainability in Nigeria.” Bulletin for Old Testament Studies in Africa (BOTSA), The Catholic Biblical Association, http://www.mhs.no/aotp?115, vol. 18, no. 10, 2011.

 

  1. A. Olaniyi, A. A. (2010), “The Dal in Exodus 30:15 and Poverty Alleviation in Nigeria.” African Journal of Biblical Studies, vol. xxviii, no. 2, 2010, 13 – 31.

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Staff Profile: 

Abiola Ayodeji Olaniyi’s research and training cover Old Testament Studies in African Christianity. He engages biblical literature, biblical hermeneutics and African Christianity with social concerns in the African context. Social matrix of biblical literature opens its contextualisation for integrated, intercultural and comparative interpretive approaches. He considers forms and effects of cultic rites, emblems, symbols, narratives and creeds of ancient Israelites and African Instituted Churches, for the social relationships that emerge from them on poverty alleviation, nation building, security, ecology, gender relations, leadership, and religious identity.

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