A Contextual Study of the Practice and Use of African Traditional Medicine among Seventh-Day Adventists in Remoland of Ogun State

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dc.contributor.authorAmanze, Philemon Omerenma
dc.coverage.geographicalNigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-04-13T13:19:44Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T15:04:12Z
dc.date.available2015-04-13T13:19:44Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T15:04:12Z
dc.date.issued2015-04-13
dc.degree.awardPh. Den_US
dc.departmentReligious Studiesen_US
dc.description.abstractThis study identified and assessed the patterns and the extent of the practice and use of traditional medicine among the Seventh-day Adventists in Remoland; it also examined the veracity of the claim that the practice and use of African traditional medicine amounted to idolatry; analyzed the social, economic and spiritual impacts of the practice and use of traditional medicine on Seventh-day Adventists in Remoland. It also examined the interplay between African traditional medical practices and Western medical practices in the health care delivery system of the Seventh-day Adventists. A multi-dimensional methodology was adopted. Firstly, phenomenological method was used by applying the principle of epoche to observe and interpret Seventh-day Adventists' belief and practice on the use of African and Western medicine. Secondly, questionnaire and oral interview were used to gather information from Seventh-day Adventists and non Adventists. Fifty Seventh-day Adventists made up of ten pastors, fifteen men and women leaders respectively, ten medical personnel; and fifteen traditional birth attendants, two bone setters and thirty three traditional medical practitioners were interviewed to know the materials and forms of traditional medicine they used. The data generated through the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics. This study discovered that African traditional medicine played important roles among Seventh-day Adventists. Among the Adventists, the use of herbal medicine had been endorsed by the Bible, is not tantamount to idol worship and it is supported by the ministry of Ellen G. White, a pioneer Seventh-day Adventist. It was discovered that African traditional medicine complemented the deficiencies in modern medicine in handling some birth related issues. It was also discovered that African traditional medicine was used by most Seventh-day Adventists (56.6% of the 302 respondents) because it was affordable, available and effective for their health needs. African traditional medicine was used only in the explicable form by Seventh-day Adventists and not in the inexplicable form which involved the use of incantations, sacrifices, magic and mystic powers that were beyond human comprehension and empirical laboratory investigations. This explicable form involved the use of herbs, rhizomes, plants and other materials which could be pharmacologically and scientifically explained. This study concluded that the Seventh-day Adventist Church in Remoland played an important role in the use of African traditional medicine to meet the health-care needs of the people in the area.en_US
dc.facultiesArtsen_US
dc.format.filetypePDFen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2757
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.matric.numberARP/01 /02/11/0681en_US
dc.subjectPractice of traditional medicineen_US
dc.subjectUse of traditional medicineen_US
dc.subjectSeventh-day Adventists in Remolanden_US
dc.subjectAfrican traditional medicineen_US
dc.subjectAfrican traditional medical practicesen_US
dc.subjectWestern medical practicesen_US
dc.titleA Contextual Study of the Practice and Use of African Traditional Medicine among Seventh-Day Adventists in Remoland of Ogun Stateen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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