John S. Mbiti
African Religions and Philosophy - UK Heinemann Educational Books Ltd (H.E.B) 1971 - xiii, 290 22
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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
0435895893 9780435895891 0435835904 9780435835903 0435835912 9780435835910
1969
English
General
Philosophy, African
200.96
African Religions and Philosophy - UK Heinemann Educational Books Ltd (H.E.B) 1971 - xiii, 290 22
Map on lining papers
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
0435895893 9780435895891 0435835904 9780435835903 0435835912 9780435835910
1969
English
General
Philosophy, African
200.96