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Two Souls, One Body: The Ejagham Doctrine of Dual Spiritual Substance and Its Philosophical Implications Gregory Ajima Onah; Godwin Michael Effiom; Gabriel Aduma Odey
Pinisi Journal of Social Science Vol 4, No 3 (2026): Januari
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.26858/pjss.v4i3.77677

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This study examines the Ejagham (Ekoi) doctrine of dual spiritual substance, a distinctive philosophical anthropology originating among the indigenous communities of the Lower Cross River region of southeastern Nigeria and southwestern Cameroon. According to this doctrine, every human being possesses two souls: one that permanently inhabits the physical body and another that can be dispatched to animate an animal in the forest following the consumption of a family-transmitted magical potion. Drawing on ethnographic accounts, colonial records, and contemporary missiological research, this paper reconstructs the logical structure of the Ejagham dual-soul doctrine and evaluates its philosophical implications for several core areas of Western philosophy. These areas include the mind-body problem, personal identity over time, the nature of consciousness, and the relationship between human and non-human animals. The analysis demonstrates that the Ejagham doctrine challenges Cartesian substance dualism by proposing a form of pluralistic spiritual anthropology that resists reduction to Western categories. The doctrine also problematizes psychological continuity theories of personal identity by suggesting that a single person can simultaneously occupy two distinct biological bodies. Furthermore, the practice of dispatching the second soul to possess animals raises questions about the boundaries of consciousness and the moral status of non-human creatures. The study concludes that the Ejagham dual-soul doctrine represents a philosophically sophisticated indigenous theory worthy of serious engagement by contemporary philosophers of mind and metaphysicians
Ritual as Rehabilitation: Pentecostal Prison Ministries and the Spiritual Remaking of Incarcerated Bodies in Calabar, Cross River State Kenneth Onah Odibu; Gabriel Aduma Odey; Gregory Ajima Onah
Pinisi Journal of Social Science Vol 5, No 1 (2026): May
Publisher : Universitas Negeri Makassar

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 The prison has emerged as a significant site of Pentecostal expansion in contemporary Nigeria, with churches establishing ministries that conduct worship services, deliverance sessions, and baptismal ceremonies within correctional facilities. This paper examines Pentecostal prison ministries in Calabar, Cross River State, arguing that they represent a distinctive form of spiritual governance operating at the intersection of state power and religious authority. Drawing on the anthropology of religion, the sociology of punishment, and the literature on African Pentecostalism, the paper analyses how Pentecostal practices of deliverance, spiritual warfare, and baptism function as technologies of inmate transformation, constituting a spiritual rehabilitation that complements and sometimes competes with the secular programmes of the Nigerian Correctional Service. The study explores the complex motivations underlying inmates' religious participation, ranging from genuine spiritual seeking to strategic performance designed to secure material benefits and demonstrate rehabilitation for parole boards. It further examines the gender dynamics of prison ministry, the theological justifications offered by Pentecostal pastors for their prison work, and the implications of religiously motivated rehabilitation for understandings of justice and punishment in contemporary Nigeria. The paper concludes that Pentecostal prison ministries represent a significant but understudied dimension of the relationship between religion and the state in Africa, one that challenges secular assumptions about the purposes and practices of incarceration.
Co-Authors Godwin Michael Effiom Gregory Ajima Onah Gregory Ajima Onah Kenneth Onah Odibu