A solid basis for understanding the whole spectrum of the religions of Africa! Concise, expert, and fully accessible, this is an excellent introduction to the complex, diverse religious traditions of Africa practiced by peoples with vastly different cultures and languages. Religions of Africa outlines and clarifies the historical development of indigenous African belief systems, discusses the impact of colonization, Christianity, Islam, and liberation movements on the continent's religious evolution, and examines the interaction between time-honored customs and new worlds of thought to "illustrate the process of traditions in transformation and transformations in tradition." Lawson presents the history, myths, rituals, institutions, and sociocultural patterns of two representative groups: the Yoruba of Nigeria and the Zulu of South Africa. Through understanding the religious worlds in which these groups live, the reader gains a solid basis for understanding the whole spectrum of the religions of Africa.
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Title of related interest from Waveland Press: Bohannan-Curtin, Africa and Africans, Fourth Edition (ISBN 9780881338409).
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E. Thomas Lawson was born in Cape Town South Africa, received his education from the University of Chicago, Ph. D. 1963, is an Honorary Professor and Research Scientist at Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland and is also editor of the Journal of Cognition and Culture published by Brill Academic Publishers. He has played a significant role in the development of the cognitive science of religion. The cognitive science of religion involves the application of methods from the cognitive sciences as well as from evolutionary psychology to religious thought and behavior.
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The Africa known by tourists is a vast continent punctuated with modern, skyscrapered cities that are encroaching on game reserves populated by freely roaming wild animals, little villages with thatched roofs on circular huts, grass plains merging into dense and often impenetrable jungles, and black people clothed in colorful garments or nothing at all. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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The Africa known by tourists is a vast continent punctuated with modern, skyscrapered cities that are encroaching on game reserves populated by freely roaming wild animals, little villages with thatched roofs on circular huts, grass plains merging into dense and often impenetrable jungles, and black people clothed in colorful garments or nothing at all. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
God of the Sky, South Africa, High God, Isaiah Shembe, Princess of the Sky New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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- Bringing Ritual to Mind: Psychological Foundations of Cultural Forms by Robert N. McCauley in Front Matter, and Back Matter
- The Ways of Religion: An Introduction to the Major Traditions by Roger Eastman on page 484
- Culture and Customs of South Africa (Culture and Customs of Africa) by Funso Afolayan on page 83
- Religion in Mind: Cognitive Perspectives on Religious Belief, Ritual, and Experience by Jensine Andresen in Front Matter
- Earth's Insights: A Multicultural Survey of Ecological Ethics from the Mediterranean Basin to the Australian Outback by J. Baird Callicott in Back Matter
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