ISBN:
9781409419716
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9781409419709
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1409419703
Language:
English
Pages:
XIV, 264 S.
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Ill.
,
24 cm
Series Statement:
Vitality of indigenous religions
DDC:
200.9607
Keywords:
Religion and social problems
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Christianity and other religions African
;
Africa Religion
;
Study and teaching
;
Religious education
;
Africa
;
Africa
;
Religion
;
Study and teaching;
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Aufsatzsammlung
;
Subsaharisches Afrika
;
Religionswissenschaft
Abstract:
The historiography of African religions and religions in Africa presents a remarkable shift from the study of `Africa as Object` to `Africa as Subject`, thus translating the subject from obscurity into the global community of the academic study of religion. This book presents a unique multidisciplinary exploration of African traditions in the study of religion in Africa and the new African diaspora. The book is structured under three main sections - Emerging trends in the teaching of African Religions; Indigenous Thought and Spirituality; and Christianity, Hinduism and Islam. Contributors drawn from diverse African and global contexts situate current scholarly traditions of the study of African religions within the purview of academic encounter and exchanges with non-African scholars and non-African contexts. African scholars enrich the study of religions from their respective academic and methodological orientations. Jacob Kehinde Olupona stands out as a pioneer in the socio-scientific interpretation of African indigenous religion and religions in Africa. This book is to his honour and marks his immense contribution to an emerging field of study and research.
Note:
Literaturangaben
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Introduction : African traditions in the study of religion in Africa
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ch. 1. African religions in African scholarship : a critique
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ch.(....) Gender and the teaching of religious studies in Nigeria : a primary overview
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ch. 5. Mainstreaming HIV and AIDS in African religious and theological studies
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ch. 6. Women, narrative traditions and African religious thought
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ch. 7. African spirituality from 'noise, dust, darkness and dancing'
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ch. 8. Tribes without rulers? : indigenous systems of governance and sustainable rural development
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ch. 9. 'Life is more superior to wealth' : indigenous healers in a contemporary African community, Amasiri, Nigeria
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ch. 10. Negotiating African cultures : a case study of Yakurr festivals in Nigeria
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ch. 11. 'From prophetism to pentecostalism' : religious innovation in Africa and African religious scholarship
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ch. 12. Perceptions of women's health and rights in Christian new religious movements in Kenya
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ch. 13. Religion and divine presence : appropriating Christianity from within African indigenous religions' perspective
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ch. 14. African religions in the study of the New Testament in Africa
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ch. 15. Southern African Islamic studies scholarship : a survey of the 'state of the art'
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ch. 16. Folk beliefs about spiritual power and Hinduism in Ghana
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