TY  - BOOK
AU  - John S.Mbiti
TI  - African Religions and Philosophy
SN  - 0435895893
U1  - 200.96 
PY  - 1971///
CY  - UK
PB  - Heinemann Educational Books Ltd (H.E.B)
KW  - English
KW  - General
KW  - Philosophy, African
N1  - 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
ER  -