The Palgrave handbook of African traditional religion / Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe, Toyin Falola, editors.
Aderibigbe, Gbola, editor.; Falola, Toyin, editor.
2022
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Title The Palgrave handbook of African traditional religion / Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe, Toyin Falola, editors.
ISBN 9783030895006 (electronic bk.)
3030895009 (electronic bk.)
3030894991
9783030894993
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-89500-6
Published Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, [2022]
Copyright ©2022
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 642 pages)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-89500-6 doi
Call Number BL2400
Dewey Decimal Classification 299.6
Summary The Palgrave Handbook of African Traditional Religion interrogates and presents robust and comprehensive contributions from interdisciplinary experts and scholars. Offering a range of perspectives and opinions through the prism of understanding the past about African Traditional religions and, more importantly, capturing their dynamics in the present and projecting their sustainability and relevance for the future, this volume is an essential resource for knowledge and understanding of African Traditional religions in the global space of religious traditions. Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe is Professor of Religion and African studies. He is currently Associate Director of the African Studies Institute at the University of Georgia, USA. Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an honorary professor at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, and Extraordinary Professor of Human Rights at the University of the Free State, South Africa.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (Proquest, viewed August 29, 2022)
Added Author Aderibigbe, Gbola, editor.
Falola, Toyin, editor.
Available in Other Form PALGRAVE HANDBOOK OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION.
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1.Introduction to Handbook of African Traditional Religion
PART ONE: BASIC/ ESSENTIAL FEATURES OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION
2.Origin, Nature and Structure of Beliefs System
3.African Traditional Religion and the Sociocultural Environment
4.Metaphysical and Ontological Concepts
5.The Concept and Worship of the Supreme Being
6.Beliefs and Veneration of Divinities
7.Beliefs and Veneration of Ancestors
8.Beliefs and Practices of Magic and Medicine
9.Cosmological and Ontological Beliefs
10.Liturgy, Rituals, Traditions, Sacrifices, and Festivals
11.African Circle of Life
12.Death, Burial Rites, and After-Life
13.Reincarnation and Eschatological Beliefs
14.Religious Leaders: Priests/Priestesses, Medicine Professionals and Kings
15.Illnesses and Cures
16.Secret Societies: Fraternities, Witches, Wizards and Sorcerers
17.The Role of Women
18.Arts, Music and Aesthetics
19.Oral and Non-Oral Sources of Knowledge
PART TWO: CONTEMPORARY INTERCONECTIONS: CONTENTS AND DISCONTENTS
20.African Traditional Religion and Religious Ethics
21.Traditional Religion, and Morality in Society
22.African Traditional Religion and African Philosophy
23.African Traditional Religion, Gender Equality and Feminism
24.African Traditional Religion, Sexual Orientation, Trans-Gender, and Homosexuality
25.Conflict Resolution, African Traditional Religion and Societal Peaceful Co-existence
26.African Traditional Religion and Democratic Governance
27.African Traditional Religions and Economic Development
28.African Traditional Religion, Social Justice, and Human Rights
29.African Traditional religion and Contemporary Functionalism-Divination
30.African Traditional Religion and Contemporary Functionalism Medicine
31.African Traditional Religion and Contemporary Functionalism: Festivals
32.African Traditional Religion and Diaspora Transplantations: Nature and Formats
33.African Traditional Religion and Sustainable Cultural, Social and Economic Dynamics
34.African Traditional Religion and Sustainability: The New Indigenous Religious Movements
35.African Traditional Religion and Christianity in Contemporary Global Religious Space
36.African Religion and Islam in Contemporary Religious Space
PART THREE: ON PEDAGOGY, RESEARCH AND FOUNDATION SCHOLARS
37.Outsider and Insider Study of African Traditional Religion
38.Codification, Documentation and Transmission of Knowledge in African Traditional Religion
39.African Traditional Religion and Indigenous Knowledge System
40.Gnostic and Epistemological Themes in African Traditional Religion
41.African Traditional Religion in African and African Diaspora Scholarship
42.African Traditional Religion in Global Scholarship
43.African Traditional Religion in the Context of World Religions: Challenges to Scholars and Students
44.African Traditional Religion Scholarship: E. Bolaji Idowu and John S. Mbiti
45.African Traditional Religion and Humanities Scholarship: The Contributions of Edward Geoffrey Parrinder and Kofi Asare Opoku
46.Scholarship in African Traditional Religion: The Works of Joseph Omosade Awolalu and Peter Ade Dopamu.

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