Raymond Ogunade
@unilorin.edu.ng
Reader, Religions, Arts
University of Ilorin
Dr. Ogunade is a Reader with a PhD in Comparative Religious Studies from the University of Ilorin. An awardee of Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences’ Science and Religion Course Program, GTU, Berkeley, USA (2001); Research Fellow, Association of Commonwealth Universities, Swansea University, Wales, UK – our Social Work Department is a major outcome of this Fellowship (2010/2011); Research Fellow, Fulbright Fellowship, Study of the United States Institute on Religious Pluralism, UC Santa Barbara, USA (June-August, 2011). Assistant Director (Operations) -2009-2011; Assistant Director (Administrative Matters)-2011-2012, Centre for International Education. Dr. Ogunade is both the Kwara State and the University of Ilorin Chess Coach, 1998-date. He is also the State Chairman, Kwara State Amateur Chess Associatio, 2012-date. He is currently on the Board of the Nigerian Chess Federation (NCF).
EDUCATION
a. Certificate of Participation, Study of the United States Institute on Religious Pluralism, United States Department of State and Religious Studies Department, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA, June 18th – August 2nd, 2011
b. Ph.D. Comparative Religious Studies, University of Ilorin, 2005
c. International English Language Testing System (IELTS) Certificate, with an overall band score of 7.0 conducted by the British Council in collaboration
with the University of Cambridge Examinations Syndicate, February, 1997
d. M.A. Christian Studies, University of Ilorin, 1991
e. B.A. (Hons.) Religious Studies, Lagos State University, 1988
f. West African School Certificate (WASC), 1983
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Comparative Religious Studies; African Religion; Yoruba Religion, Culture, and Philosophy; Interface between Religion and Science/Technology; Sociology of Religion; Spirituality and Human Flourishing.
Scholar Citations
Scholar h-index
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