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African Religions and Philosophy John S. Mbiti

By: Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: UK Heinemann Educational Books Ltd (H.E.B) 1971Description: xiii, 290 22ISBN:
  • 0435895893
  • 9780435895891
  • 0435835904
  • 9780435835903
  • 0435835912
  • 9780435835910
Patent information: 1969Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200.96
LOC classification:
  • BL2462.5 .M36 1988
  • BL2400 .M38 1988
Contents:
The study of African religions and philosophy -- The concept of time as a key to the understanding and interpretation of African religions and philosophy -- The nature of God -- The works of God -- God and nature -- The worship of God -- Spiritual beings, spirits and the living-dead -- The creation and original state of man -- Ethnic groups, kinship and the individual -- Birth and childhood -- Initiation and puberty rites -- Marriage and procreation -- Death and the hereafter -- Specialists : medicine-men, rainmakers, kings and priests -- Mystical power, magic, witchcraft and sorcery -- The concepts of evil, ethics and justice -- Changing man and his problems -- Christianity, Islam and other religions in Africa -- The search for new values, identity and security
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The study of African religions and philosophy -- The concept of time as a key to the understanding and interpretation of African religions and philosophy -- The nature of God -- The works of God -- God and nature -- The worship of God -- Spiritual beings, spirits and the living-dead -- The creation and original state of man -- Ethnic groups, kinship and the individual -- Birth and childhood -- Initiation and puberty rites -- Marriage and procreation -- Death and the hereafter -- Specialists : medicine-men, rainmakers, kings and priests -- Mystical power, magic, witchcraft and sorcery -- The concepts of evil, ethics and justice -- Changing man and his problems -- Christianity, Islam and other religions in Africa -- The search for new values, identity and security

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