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Religious Plurality in Africa : Essays in Honour of John S. Mbiti / ed. by Jacob K. Olupona, Sulayman S. Nyang.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Religion and Society ; 32Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter, [2013]Copyright date: ©1993Edition: Reprint 2013Description: 1 online resource (455 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9783110122206
  • 9783110850079
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200/.96 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2400
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: Listening to Africa -- Preface: Religious plurality in Africa -- Table of Contents -- A biographical sketch -- Introduction: Issues and perspectives on religious plurality in Africa -- I The Study of African Traditional Religion -- The study of African religions in retrospect from “Westernization” to “Africanization”? -- African traditional religion: An enduring heritage -- Time and African beliefs revisited -- Traditional African healing system versus Western medicine in Southern Ghana: An encounter -- Gods as policemen: Religion and social control in Igboland -- II African Theology -- African theology revisited -- Civil authority — From the perspective of African Theology -- The Bible and oral tradition -- III Africa and Christianity -- Africa and Christianity: Domestication of Christian values in the African church -- African independent churches and theological scholarship in Germany -- The issue of social justice and order in Africa -- IV Africa and Some World Religions -- Islamic revivalism in West Africa: Historical perspectives and recent developments -- Christian-Muslim relations in Africa -- The place and role of India's religions in Africa -- Africa and Judaism: Retrospect, problems, and prospects -- V Responses to John Mbiti’s work -- Mbiti’s work on African religion as reflected in the perceptions of students in a British university -- A critique of Mbiti’s view on love and marriage in Africa -- John Mbiti’s contribution to African theology -- John Mbiti’s contribution to African philosophy -- Bibliography -- Notes on contributors -- Subject Index -- Index of Names and Authors
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Foreword: Listening to Africa -- Preface: Religious plurality in Africa -- Table of Contents -- A biographical sketch -- Introduction: Issues and perspectives on religious plurality in Africa -- I The Study of African Traditional Religion -- The study of African religions in retrospect from “Westernization” to “Africanization”? -- African traditional religion: An enduring heritage -- Time and African beliefs revisited -- Traditional African healing system versus Western medicine in Southern Ghana: An encounter -- Gods as policemen: Religion and social control in Igboland -- II African Theology -- African theology revisited -- Civil authority — From the perspective of African Theology -- The Bible and oral tradition -- III Africa and Christianity -- Africa and Christianity: Domestication of Christian values in the African church -- African independent churches and theological scholarship in Germany -- The issue of social justice and order in Africa -- IV Africa and Some World Religions -- Islamic revivalism in West Africa: Historical perspectives and recent developments -- Christian-Muslim relations in Africa -- The place and role of India's religions in Africa -- Africa and Judaism: Retrospect, problems, and prospects -- V Responses to John Mbiti’s work -- Mbiti’s work on African religion as reflected in the perceptions of students in a British university -- A critique of Mbiti’s view on love and marriage in Africa -- John Mbiti’s contribution to African theology -- John Mbiti’s contribution to African philosophy -- Bibliography -- Notes on contributors -- Subject Index -- Index of Names and Authors

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