Elements Of African Traditional Religion
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Elements Of African Traditional Religion
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Author : Elia Shabani Mligo
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2013-08-02
Elements Of African Traditional Religion written by Elia Shabani Mligo and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-02 with Religion categories.
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.
Elements Of African Traditional Religion
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Author : Elia Shabani Mligo
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2013-08-02
Elements Of African Traditional Religion written by Elia Shabani Mligo and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-02 with Religion categories.
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 indigenous Africans 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.
African Traditional Religion In The Modern World 2d Ed
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Author : Douglas E. Thomas
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2015-05-11
African Traditional Religion In The Modern World 2d Ed written by Douglas E. Thomas and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-11 with Religion categories.
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.
African Traditional Religion
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Author : Aloysius Muzzanganda Lugira
language : en
Publisher: Infobase Publishing
Release Date : 2009
African Traditional Religion written by Aloysius Muzzanganda Lugira and has been published by Infobase Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Africa categories.
Explores the many manifestations of African religious belief and their expressions, in the past and in the present, as well as the hopes for the future.
Introduction To African Religion
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Author : John S. Mbiti
language : en
Publisher: Waveland Press
Release Date : 2015-01-14
Introduction To African Religion written by John S. Mbiti and has been published by Waveland Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-01-14 with Religion categories.
In his widely acclaimed survey, John Mbiti sheds light on the survival and prosperity of African Religion in different historical, geographical, sociological, cultural, and physical environments. He presents a constellation of African worldviews, beliefs in God, use of symbols, valued traditions, and practices that have taken root with African peoples throughout the vast continent. Mbiti’s accessible writing style sympathetically portrays how African Religion manifests itself in ritual, festival, healing, the human life cycle, and interplay with the mystical and invisible world. The account embraces foundational traditions, while touching on elements that spawn transitions, including migration, the spread of Christianity and Islam, political-economic development, and modern communication. This popular introduction leaves readers with informed knowledge of the riches of African heritage.
African Traditional Religion
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Author : Christopher Okeke Tagbo Ugwu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
African Traditional Religion written by Christopher Okeke Tagbo Ugwu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with Africa categories.
African Traditional Religion
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Author : Edward Geoffrey Parrinder
language : en
Publisher: Greenwood
Release Date : 1970
African Traditional Religion written by Edward Geoffrey Parrinder and has been published by Greenwood this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Africa categories.
This study treats African religion on a comparative basis, gathering material from various parts of the continent. The broad lines of religious belief are sketched. The pantheons, social groups, and spiritual forces at issue in this comparatively homogeneous society are analyzed.
African Traditional Religions In Contemporary Society
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Author : Jacob Kẹhinde Olupona
language : en
Publisher: Paragon House Publishers
Release Date : 1991
African Traditional Religions In Contemporary Society written by Jacob Kẹhinde Olupona and has been published by Paragon House Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Religion categories.
African Traditional Religion
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Author : E. Bọlaji Idowu
language : en
Publisher: London : S.C.M. Press
Release Date : 1973
African Traditional Religion written by E. Bọlaji Idowu and has been published by London : S.C.M. Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Religion categories.
Religion And Poverty
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Author : Peter J. Paris
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2009-11-25
Religion And Poverty written by Peter J. Paris and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-25 with Religion categories.
A Ghanaian scholar of religion argues that poverty is a particularly complex subject in traditional African cultures, where holistic worldviews unite life’s material and spiritual dimensions. A South African ethicist examines informal economies in Ghana, Jamaica, Kenya, and South Africa, looking at their ideological roots, social organization, and vulnerability to global capital. African American theologians offer ethnographic accounts of empowering religious rituals performed in churches in the United States, Jamaica, and South Africa. This important collection brings together these and other Pan-African perspectives on religion and poverty in Africa and the African diaspora. Contributors from Africa and North America explore poverty’s roots and effects, the ways that experiences and understandings of deprivation are shaped by religion, and the capacity and limitations of religion as a means of alleviating poverty. As part of a collaborative project, the contributors visited Ghana, Kenya, and South Africa, as well as Jamaica and the United States. In each location, they met with clergy, scholars, government representatives, and NGO workers, and they examined how religious groups and community organizations address poverty. Their essays complement one another. Some focus on poverty, some on religion, others on their intersection, and still others on social change. A Jamaican scholar of gender studies decries the feminization of poverty, while a Nigerian ethicist and lawyer argues that the protection of human rights must factor into efforts to overcome poverty. A church historian from Togo examines the idea of poverty as a moral virtue and its repercussions in Africa, and a Tanzanian theologian and priest analyzes ujamaa, an African philosophy of community and social change. Taken together, the volume’s essays create a discourse of mutual understanding across linguistic, religious, ethnic, and national boundaries. Contributors. Elizabeth Amoah, Kossi A. Ayedze, Barbara Bailey, Katie G. Cannon, Noel Erskine, Dwight N. Hopkins, Simeon O. Ilesanmi, Laurenti Magesa, Madipoane Masenya, Takatso A. Mofokeng, Esther M. Mombo, Nyambura J. Njoroge, Jacob Olupona, Peter J. Paris, Anthony B. Pinn, Linda E. Thomas, Lewin L. Williams