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Author : Emefie Ikenga Metuh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Ethnology
ISBN : IND:30000068552425
Author : Richard J. Gehman
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
ISBN : 9966253548
Author : Malcolm J. McVeigh
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Religion
ISBN : STANFORD:36105035878805
Combines clarity and simplicity of style with intuitive and scholarly depth, bringing the Christian and African concepts of God into focus.
Author : John S. Mbiti
Publisher : Waveland Press
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-01-14
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781478628927
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.
Author : Leonard Thomas Nyirongo
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 438 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1719879265
Our problem on the African continent at the moment is the following: Western people in general and Christian missionaries in particular, were mostly uncritical about their own (European) culture and over-critical about African culture. In reaction, African Christians in general and theologians in particular are today, on the one hand, very critical about the Western type of Christianity which has been transplanted to the continent, but, on the other hand, not critical enough about their own African culture and traditional religion. Many African theologians, for instance, claim that before the Gospel came to our continent, Africans already correctly worshiped the true God. They say that the Gospel was not the beginning of the true knowledge of God, but merely a continuation or fulfillment of true faith that already existed in the pre-Christian African's heart. Some even go so far as to suggest that the African's method of approaching God is as valid as the way of salvation through the Gospel. Such ideas are emphatically denied in this book. The whole book is more than an attempt to present African indigenous beliefs in a systematic manner, comparing it with Biblical teaching. It is not only against Western secularism, but also strongly opposed to the very strong syncretistic tendency in African church life and in African theology. It convincingly argues that the idea of adaptation should be replaced by the idea of transformation in the light of God's Word. We cannot have a peaceful accommodation but only a powerful confrontation between traditional African religion and real Biblical Christian faith. This clash of irreconcilable spiritual powers becomes clear on every page - a struggle between life and death, a struggle for control of the hearts and minds of the African people. The writer pleads with his fellow African to make a definite choice (either the Gospel or traditional beliefs) and not to opt for a
Author : S. O. Onyeidu
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Africa
ISBN : IND:30000067166979
Author : Yusufu Turaki
Publisher : Langham Publishing
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781783688418
In a world of increasing globalization, we live amidst a clash of cultures, religions, and worldviews – each battling for the human heart and mind. In this in-depth study, Yusufu Turaki offers a theological framework for engaging this clash of perspectives in Africa, where traditional African religions, colonialism, and exposure to Christianity have each had a lasting impact on contemporary African worldviews. Professor Turaki undertakes a systematic analysis of the nature of African Traditional Religion, its complex history with Christianity, and the need for African Christian theology to address its cultural and historical roots effectively. He provides both a conceptual framework and practical guide for engaging African cultures and religions with compassion, understanding, and a firm foundation rooted in scriptural truth. This book is an excellent resource for students of religion and theology, as well as those interested in Africa’s traditional heritage or drawn to the important work of cross-cultural and inter-religious dialogue.
Author : Jacob K. Olupona
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199790586
This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.
Author : John S. Mbiti
Publisher : Heinemann
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0435895915
"African Religions and Philosophy" is a systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief that have evolved in the many societies of Africa. In this second edition, Dr Mbiti has updated his material to include the involvement of women in religion, and the potential unity to be found in what was once thought to be a mass of quite separate religions. Mbiti adds a new dimension to the understanding of the history, thinking, and life throughout the African continent. Religion is approached from an African point of view but is as accessible to readers who belong to non-African societies as it is to those who have grown up in African nations. Since its first publication, this book has become acknowledged as the standard work in the field of study, and it is essential reading for anyone concerned with African religion, history, philosophy, anthropology or general African studies.
Author : John Chitakure
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781532618543
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 : Cornelius Olowola
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015052671370
This book provides a new, constructive and critical approach to African traditional religion, from the standpoint of Christian faith.
Author : Yusufu Turaki
Publisher : Potchefstroomse Universiteit Vir Christelike Hoeer Onderwys
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105073290822
Author : Douglas E. Thomas
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2015-05-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781476620190
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 : Peter Chiehiụra Uzor
Publisher : Peter Lang Publishing
Page : 628 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Africa
ISBN : STANFORD:36105114725786
This book is motivated by the positive view of the non-Christian religions expressed by the Fathers of the Vatican Council II (cf. NA 2a), a revolutionary view considered from the official teaching of the tradition of the Church up till then, and much more in such a central issue as the belief in God. This book aims at initiating a healthy interaction between the Christian understanding of God and the understanding of God in the traditional religion of the Igbo people of West Africa. In approaching this task this special study pursues some major aims. In the first place it engages itself in the clarification of some basic issues: Are the religious experiences which are phenomenologically found in all religions including the Igbo religion only mere human fabrications or do they originate from a revelation of God? Secondly, this publication working with the innovative analysis of the theophoral personal names provides some profound factual information about the concrete contents of the Igbo religion on God. Thirdly, the author tries to find out whether there could be a basic agreement between the understanding of God in Igbo religion and the biblical revelation. In this work the fundamental agreement is found in the conviction that God in traditional Igbo religion, Chukwu and the God of the Bible is the God of life. The purpose of this book therefore, is to bring back the question of God to the centre of existential Christian life: it is to make the theme of God the motivation and criterion for the whole Christian life and spirituality - both individually and communally. The theme of the God of life introduces God into life and connects the problems and questions of men and women of todayto the theme of God.
Author : Leonard Nyirongo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2017-11-04
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1973156172
Before the Gospel came to Africa, did Africans worship the true God or idols? Many prominent theologians claim that we worshipped the true God. They say that the Gospel was not a beginning of the true knowledge of God but a continuation or a fulfilment of the faith that already existed in the pre-Christian African's heart. Some even go so far as to suggest that the African's method of approaching God's throne is as valid as the way of salvation taught by the Gospel.This book has been written to refute the theologians' reasoning. It begins by presenting their claims; then chapter by chapter, it compares and contrasts the indigenous African beliefs and what the Bible teaches. The author's prayer is that the book will encourage pastors, elders, ministry leaders, Bible college students and any other Christian in Africa to make a clear and uncompromising stand for the authentic Gospel. The true Gospel is unique: it points us to Christ, the only light to the world, the only way back to God. He is the only true foundation; our religious past is sinking sand - a false security._________________