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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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Religious Traditions of the World: Religions of Africa, E. Thomas Lawson
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- 1984
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- Titel
- Religious Traditions of the World: Religions of Africa
- Untertitel
- Traditions in Transformation
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- E. Thomas Lawson
- Verlag
- HarperCollins
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1984
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 126
- ISBN10
- 006065211X
- ISBN13
- 9780060652111
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Historisches Thema, Esoterik & Religion, Geschichte, Religiöse Themen, Religion, Geschichte der Religion, Religiöse Traditionen, Afrikanische Religionen, Animismus, Subsahara-Afrika
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1984
- Originaltitel
- Religions of Africa: Traditions in Transformation
- Bewertung
- 3,2 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- 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.