Table of Contents:
 
1. The Historical, Political and Phenomenological Importance of Ori-Oke (Hills and Mountains) in South-Western Nigeria
2. Society, Religion and Social Change in the Context of Mountain Prayer (Ori-Oke) Prayer Culture: A Sociological Perspective
3. Muslim Involvement in Ori-Oke Prayers in Nigeria
4. Materialism or Paradise: A Psycho-Spiritual Inquiry of Why People Go to Prayer Mountains in South-West, Nigeria
5. Ori-Oke and Gender Patronge in Nigeria
6. Ori-Oke and National Development in Nigeria
7. Religion and HIV/AIDS Campaigns
8. The Redefinition of Ori-Oke (Mountain Top) and Emerging Economic Dynamics amongst Nigerian Pentecostal Churches
9. Hierophant and Hierophany in Yoruba Spirituality
10. Ori-Oke in Old Testament Traditions and Economic Benefits within the Content of Igbeti Community, Oyo State
11. African Religious Philosophy: A Study of Ori-Oke in the Ontology of the Aladura Churches
12. Significance of Prayer Mountains in Biblical Narrative With Reference to Matt. 17: 1-5
13. Ori-Oke and Attendees' Faith in Ilorin, Nigeria
14. Mountain Prayer within the Context of Quranic Epistemology
15. The Ecclesiastical Status of Clergies in Relations to Ori-Oke in Ilorin Metropolis
16. Ori-Oke and Christian Values
17. Contemporary Perspectives on the Economic and Spiritual Potentials of Ori-Oke Basin Ilorin, Kwara State
18. Spiritual Connotations of Ori-Oke among Christians
19. Socio-Psychological Discourse of Mountain Prayer Ori-Oke and Health Seeking Behaviour in Nigeria
20. The Concept of Ori-Oke Prayer
21. The Concept of Ori-Oke in United Missionary Church of Africa in Olorunsogo Local Government Area, Oyo State
22. Between Rhetoric and Reality: The Place of Ori-Oke and Spirituality among Ilorin Christians
23. Mountain Worship and the Philosophical Conceptions
24. The Reality of Mountain Prayers in Nigeria
25. The Impact of Ori-Oke Prayer on Cultural Change in Nigeria
26. Mountain Worship and Quest for Miracles
27. Joseph Ayo Babalola: The Pioneer of Ori-Oke Spirituality in Christ Apostolic Church (CAC) in, South-Western, Nigeria
28. African Spirituality and the Presence of God's Power on Ori-Oke among the Yoruba of Nigeria
29. A Semiotic Study of the African Religious Beliefs on Ori-Oke
30. Ori-Oke and Economic Benefits
31. An Appraisal of Prayer Mountain Syndrome in Nigeria and its Effects on Christians
32 'Orin Ori-Oke' A Thematic Examination of Songs used in Ikoyi Prayer Mountains, Osun State, Nigeria
33. The Pragmatic Functions of the Ori-Oke Rules and Regulations (RRs) in Ilorin Metropolis
34. Ori-Oke and Socio-Cultural Changes in Ilorin, North Central Nigeria
35. Veneration of Mountains-Spirits in Yoruba Traditional Religion
 
The dynamic nature of Christianity has necessitated its movement from the cathedral to the mountain top. This has occasioned a proliferation of Prayer Mountains throughout Africa. In Yorubaland of southwestern Nigeria, Prayer Mountain is known as Ori-Oke. Like many communities in Africa, the Yoruba are confronted with fundamental challenges in life for which people do not rest until they find solutions. Within the praxis of Nigerian Christian lexicon Ori-Oke is synonymous with the enactment of a sacred space on a mountain top characterised by various prayer regimes, rituals, exorcism and religious practices, aimed at eliciting the help of the divine to alleviate the existential challenges of devotees.
 
This book explores the resacralisation of space on the mountains, highlighting how humans and the divine interact in Yorubaland. It brings into conversation 35 empirically rich scholarly essays on the role of Ori-Oke to those seeking divine intervention in their lives. Today, Ori-Oke have become centres of pilgrimage as a result of the lived experiences of devotees, creating unique religious value quite distinct from the aesthetic value of these mountain tops. The spirituality of Ori-Oke is anchored on the absolute belief in God and the infusion of traditional African worldview sensibilities in religious rites and worship. Ori-Oke spirituality employs resources of Christian tradition, introduced by the formal agents of Christianity, synthesised with traditional culture, to develop a life based on the precepts of an African Christianity. The book is an intellectual discourse on Ori-Oke spirituality, reflecting its contemporary relevance in a context of religious innovation and competition.