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AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION VERSUS CHRISTIANITY : SOME SEMIOTIC OBSERVATIONS [electronic resource].

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: [S.l.] : RESOURCE PUBLICATIONS, 2020.Description: 1 online resourceISBN:
  • 1725271621
  • 9781725271623
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: African Traditional Religion versus Christianity : Some Semiotic ObservationsDDC classification:
  • 261.296 23
LOC classification:
  • BR128.A16
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Background -- Semiotics: A Science or a Mythology? -- Case Study 1. Jesus and his Color in African Context -- Case Study 2. Religious Buildings and Their Associative Links -- Chapter 1: Animality and Humanity-Nature and Culture -- Chapter 2: The Origin of Language -- Chapter 3: The Origin of Religion -- Chapter 4: The Fall of Man -- Chapter 5: Reclaiming the Fetish -- Case Study 3. The Fetish of the Akodessawa Market -- Chapter 6: Rethinking the Idol -- Chapter 7: Blood as Spiritual Currency -- 1. Cain and Abel -- 2. Ywa Dɛnsu
3. Execution on Calvary -- Chapter 8: Witchcraft -- Chapter 9: Polytheism and Monotheism: Absorption vs Diffusion -- 1. Absorption -- 2. Diffusion -- 3. Holy Tuesday -- 4. Spy Wednesday -- Chapter 10: The Twilight of the Gods -- Case Study 4. Nyame -- Chapter 11: Lighting the Twilight: Renewal vs Denial -- Chapter 12: The Christs of Africa -- Chapter 13: The Semiotic Message of Jesus -- Case Study 5. The Conversion of Kwame Bediako -- Chapter 14: The Conquest: Joshua vs Josiah -- Chapter 15: Exclusivism -- Chapter 16: Inclusivism -- Case Study 6. The Big House -- Chapter 17: Pluralism
1. Progress vs Conservatism -- Case Study 7. The Cellar and the Cell Phone -- 2. Plenitude vs Deficiency -- 3. Linearity vs Circularity -- Case Study 8. The Fada -- Conclusion -- Bibliography
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)2580678

Intro -- Title Page -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Background -- Semiotics: A Science or a Mythology? -- Case Study 1. Jesus and his Color in African Context -- Case Study 2. Religious Buildings and Their Associative Links -- Chapter 1: Animality and Humanity-Nature and Culture -- Chapter 2: The Origin of Language -- Chapter 3: The Origin of Religion -- Chapter 4: The Fall of Man -- Chapter 5: Reclaiming the Fetish -- Case Study 3. The Fetish of the Akodessawa Market -- Chapter 6: Rethinking the Idol -- Chapter 7: Blood as Spiritual Currency -- 1. Cain and Abel -- 2. Ywa Dɛnsu

3. Execution on Calvary -- Chapter 8: Witchcraft -- Chapter 9: Polytheism and Monotheism: Absorption vs Diffusion -- 1. Absorption -- 2. Diffusion -- 3. Holy Tuesday -- 4. Spy Wednesday -- Chapter 10: The Twilight of the Gods -- Case Study 4. Nyame -- Chapter 11: Lighting the Twilight: Renewal vs Denial -- Chapter 12: The Christs of Africa -- Chapter 13: The Semiotic Message of Jesus -- Case Study 5. The Conversion of Kwame Bediako -- Chapter 14: The Conquest: Joshua vs Josiah -- Chapter 15: Exclusivism -- Chapter 16: Inclusivism -- Case Study 6. The Big House -- Chapter 17: Pluralism

1. Progress vs Conservatism -- Case Study 7. The Cellar and the Cell Phone -- 2. Plenitude vs Deficiency -- 3. Linearity vs Circularity -- Case Study 8. The Fada -- Conclusion -- Bibliography