| Description |
384 pages ; 18 cm. |
| Series |
A Doubleday Anchor original
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [364]-371) and index. |
| Form |
Also issued online. |
| Contents |
Continued : The Concept Of Evil, Ethics And Justice : The Origin and nature of evil -- Restitution and punishment -- Summary and conclusion -- Changing Man And His Problems : The Causes of this rapid change -- The Nature of this change -- Problems of the rapid change -- Christianity, Islam And Other Religions In Africa : Christianity in Africa -- Islam in Africa -- Other religious traditions in Africa -- The Search For New Values, Identity And Security : The Religious claim -- The Ideological claim -- Conclusion : religion in the African dilemma. |
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The Study Of African Religions And Philosophy : The Early approaches and attitudes -- Modern and current studies -- The Concept Of Time As A Key To The Understanding And Interpretation Of African Religions And Philosophy : Potential time and actual time -- Time reckoning and chronology -- The Concept of past, present and future -- The Concept of history and pre-history -- The Concept of human life in relation to time -- Death and immortality -- Space and time -- Discovering or extending the future dimension of time |
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The Nature Of God : The Eternal and intrinsic attributes of God -- The Moral attributes of God -- The Works Of God : Creation -- Providence and sustenance -- God and afflictions -- The Governing work of God -- God and human history -- God And Nature : Anthropomorphic attributes of God -- God, animals and plants -- God, natural objects and phenomena -- The Worship Of God : Sacrifices and offerings -- Prayers, invocations, blessings and salutations -- Miscellaneous other acts and expressions of worship -- Religious intermediaries and specialists -- Occasion and place of worship |
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Spiritual Beings, Spirits And The Living-Dead : Divinities and God's associates -- Spirits -- The Living-dead -- The Creation and origin of man -- The Original state of man, and God's provision for him -- The Separation between God and man -- Ethnic Groups, Kinship And The Individual : The Tribes, nations or peoples of Africa -- Kinship -- The Family, the household and the individual -- Birth And Childhoods : Pregnancy -- The Actual birth -- The Naming and nursing of children -- Initiation And Puberty Rites : Akamba inititiation rites -- Maasai inittiation rites -- Nandi female initiation rites -- Ndebele puberty rites |
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Marriage And Procreation : Preparation for marriage and procreation -- Choosing the marriage partner -- Betrothal and courtship -- The Wedding ceremony -- "Polygamy" and inheriting wives or husbands -- Divorce and separation -- The Place and use of sex in married life -- Death And The Hereafter : Death among the Ndebele -- Death among the Abaluyia -- The Causes and meaning of death -- The Hereafter -- The Destiny of the soul -- Specialists : Medicine-Men, Rainmakers, Kings And Priests : The Medicine-men -- Mediums and diviners -- Rainmakers -- Kings, queens and rulers -- Priests, prophets and religious founders -- Mystical Power, Magic, Witchcraft And Sorcery |
| Subject |
Africa -- Religion.
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Philosophy, African.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Mbiti, John S. African religions and philosophy. Garden City, N.Y. : Anchor Books, 1970, c1969 (OCoLC)558815509 |
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