This is the first major collection for over a decade on the subject of African religion. It is part of a continuous stock-taking solidly grounded in archival and field research in Africa and the African diaspora. This book provides the views of some of the most distinguished academics in the context of African history, anthropology, archaeology, politics, comparative religion, health and healing, languages and literatures, and the visual and performing arts.
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The result of an academic conference held in 1986, this work explores the varieties of the African religious experience as well as its commonalities. The book's theoretical underpinnings are set out in the introduction by the editors, who discuss what constitutes religion in general and how religion is manifested in Africa. Their assertion that African religion, unlike that found in the West, is more group-and problem-oriented and is closely linked to its sociocultural context is confirmed in subsequent chapters by African, European, and American scholars. The individual papers, which are primarily anthropological case studies, treat both indigenous belief systems and Christianity and Islam. This book belongs in all academic collections on Africa.
Paul H. Thomas, Hoover Inst. Lib., Stanford, Cal.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Paul H. Thomas, Hoover Inst. Lib., Stanford, Cal.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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“The editors of this data-rich volume are to be congratulated for producing an outstanding set of essays, the first major collection in more than a decade on the subject of African religion.”–Choice
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