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Author | : Lois Fuller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 130 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : 9789782668400 |
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Author | : Lois Fuller |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 168 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | : 9789781350818 |
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Author | : Augustine O. Iwuagwu |
Publisher | : Ager Publishers |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : Africa |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Douglas E. Thomas |
Publisher | : McFarland |
Total Pages | : 291 |
Release | : 2015-05-11 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1476620199 |
Download African Traditional Religion in the Modern World, 2d ed. Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
African traditional religion encompasses a variety of non-dogmatic, spiritual practices followed by millions around the world. Some scholars argue it is related to the Nubian religion of Egypt's Dynastic Period. In an expanded second edition, this book examines the nature of African traditional religion and describes common attributes of various cultural belief systems, with an emphasis on West Africa. Principal elements studied include sacrifice, salvation and culture, modes of revelation, divination, and African resilience in the face of invasion and colonization. The religious experiences of black people throughout the Americas are also covered. The author finds the cosmology, symbolism and rituals of the Yoruba culture to be the fundamental bases of African traditional religion, and draws similarities between the oral and written literature of West Africans and that of New World practitioners. The influence of Islam and Christianity is also discussed. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
Author | : Richard J. Gehman |
Publisher | : East African Publishers |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : Africa, Sub-Saharan |
ISBN | : 9789966253545 |
Download African Traditional Religion in Biblical Perspective Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Author | : John Chitakure |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 239 |
Release | : 2017-11-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1532618549 |
Download African Traditional Religion Encounters Christianity Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Right from the beginning of humankind, God has never deprived a people of his grace and revelation. In fact, God uses people’s environment and culture to communicate his will. There is no single religion that can claim to have the exclusive possession of God’s revelation, for God is too immense to be confined within one faith. Hence, it was erroneous, blasphemous, and misleading for some of the early Christian missionaries to Africa to claim that they had brought God to Africa, a mentality that implied the non-existence of God in Africa before their arrival. Of course, God was already in Africa, but the missionaries either failed to discern his presence or just disregarded the traces of his existence. This book explores the religious beliefs, practices, and values of the indigenous people of Africa at the time of the early missionaries’ arrival, with particular reference to the Shona people of Zimbabwe. It also evaluates the extent of the missionarie’s successes and challenges in converting Africans to Christianity. It finally surveys how African Christians have remained attached to the indigenous religious beliefs that used to provide answers to their existential questions.
Author | : Elia Shabani Mligo |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 133 |
Release | : 2013-08-02 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1625640706 |
Download Elements of African Traditional Religion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
African Traditional religion (ATR) is one of the world religions with a great people and a great past. It is embraced by Africans within and outside the continent despite the various ethnic religious practices and beliefs. This book highlights and discusses the common elements which introduce African Traditional Religion as one unified religion and not a collection of religions. The major focus of the book is discussing the need for studying ATR in twenty-first-century Africa whereby globalization and multi-culture are prominent phenomena. Why should we study the religion of the African natives in this age? In response to this question, the book argues that since ATR is part of the African people's culture, there is a need to understand this cultural background in order to contextualize Christian theology. Using some illustrations from Nyumbanitu worship shrine located at Njombe in Tanzania, the book purports that there is a need to understand African people's worldview, their understanding of God, their religious values, symbols and rituals in order to enhance meaningful dialogue between Christianity and African people's current worldview. In this case, the book is important for students of comparative religion in universities and colleges who strive to understand the various religions and their practices.
Author | : Emele Mba Uka |
Publisher | : Peter Lang Group Ag, International Academic Publishers |
Total Pages | : 408 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
Download Readings in African Traditional Religion Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book consists of classic articles on African Traditional Religion by eminent scholars in the field. It has six sections. The first one deals with definitions and how the African perceives his world; the second looks at ATR in terms of its academic, historical, western and methodological perspectives. The third examines some vital elements of the theology, spirituality, ethics and salvific value of ATR. Section four reviews the impact of ATR in its environment as it bears on family life, nation building, education and health. Section five examines the encounter of ATR with world missionary religions like Christianity and Islam. The final section, which ends with a selected bibliography on the subject considers the future and the way forward for ATR. The book is designed as a resource and reference material for anyone interested in the field of Religion. It will also appeal to both scholars and students in the field of Religious studies, Sociology of Religion, Comparative study of Religions and «Mission» studies.
Author | : Elias Kifon Bongmba |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 479 |
Release | : 2020-05-25 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1351607448 |
Download The Routledge Handbook of African Theology Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
Theology has a rich tradition across the African continent, and has taken myriad directions since Christianity first arrived on its shores. This handbook charts both historical developments and contemporary issues in the formation and application of theologies across the member countries of the African Union. Written by a panel of expert international contributors, chapters firstly cover the various methodologies needed to carry out such a survey. Various theological movements and themes are then discussed, as well as biblical and doctrinal issues pertinent to African theology. Subjects addressed include: • Orality and theology • Indigenous religions and theology • Patristics • Pentecostalism • Liberation theology • Black theology • Social justice • Sexuality and theology • Environmental theology • Christology • Eschatology • The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament The Routledge Handbook of African Theology is an authoritative and comprehensive survey of the theological landscape of Africa. As such, it will be a hugely useful volume to any scholar interested in African religious dynamics, as well as academics of Theology or Biblical Studies in an African context.
Author | : Peter Acho Awoh |
Publisher | : African Books Collective |
Total Pages | : 210 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9956578215 |
Download The Dynamics and Contradictions of Evangelisation in Africa Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle
This book critically discusses missionary Christianity and colonization in Africa as twin enterprises with a common ambition. While the colonialist set out to invest capital and reap profit, the missionary desire was to tend and turn African souls from damnation. It was this desire that drove the missionaries into the interior, propelled by the belief that no land was too remote to escape their attention and vigilance. It equally kept missionary zeal buoyant. The clarification of the concept of salvation within the Roman Catholic Church during the Vatican II Council set in motion the current lethargy that has in some places crippled the mission itself. In retrospect, one can begin to wonder why Africans became Christians. What reasons motivated the early adherents to cling to this foreign religion? Were there some internal deficiencies in African traditional religions, which the Africans hoped to remedy by joining the new religion? Or was it just part of the wholesale flirting with whatever was foreign and perceived to be modern? What baits were used by the missionaries to entice Africans? Christianity posed a danger to many of the time-honoured answers to African problems. These were the 'values' Africans converting to Christianity were expected to abandon. Why have Christians continually returned to their abandoned roots in time of crisis? This moving, well argued, richly documented and empirically substantiated study concludes by cautioning against the stubborn drive at radical conversion to Christianity with scant regard to the imperatives of enculturation.