The “Conversion” of Anthony Obinna to Mormonism: Elective Affinities, Socio-Economic Factors, and Religious Change in Postcolonial Southeastern Nigeria

This article analyzes the “conversion” of Anthony Uzodimma Obinna, an Igbo schoolteacher from the town of Aboh Mbaise in Imo State, and his extended family to Mormonism in southeastern Nigeria between the 1960s and the 1980s, from a historical perspective. I argue that the transition of Anthony Obin...

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Main Author: David Dmitri Hurlbut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-07-01
Series:Religions
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-1444/11/7/358