TY  - BOOK
AU  - Usenco,Dmitry
TI  - AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION VERSUS CHRISTIANITY: SOME SEMIOTIC OBSERVATIONS
SN  - 1725271621
AV  - BR128.A16 
U1  - 261.296 23
PY  - 2020///
CY  - [S.l.]
PB  - RESOURCE PUBLICATIONS
KW  - Christianity and other religions
KW  - Africa
KW  - Christianisme
KW  - Relations
KW  - Afrique
KW  - Christianity
KW  - fast
KW  - Interfaith relations
KW  - Religion
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Vie religieuse
N1  - 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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