Accepted 4 January, 2012 Search in: This Journal Anywhere l447–57. When we speak of African Traditional Religion, we mean the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of the Africans. of Political Science & Public Administration, Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria) The word 'charismatic' is used of these, to distinguish them from the churches of established Pentecostal denominations … Description: The Journal of Religion in Africa was founded in 1967 by Andrew Walls. Using the very same biblical verses that have demonized Eve, Mary-Mensah shows that we can re-read the bible with gender neutral lenses that will put both Eve and Adam on an even keel and make them equally culpable with respect to the fall from grace. (1969), ‘The Idea of a Supreme Being Among the Anlo Pople of Ghana’, Journal of Religion in Africa, vol. 1980–present. Found insideIt includes social, cultural and political case studies from across the continent on the following topical issues: Witchcraft and modernity Power and politics Conflict and peace Media and popular culture Development Human rights Illness and ... Undertaken as part of the UNDP Africa PVE programme, the Journey to Extremism in Africa study has been a complex two-year intervention explicitly A comprehensive introduction to the Caribbean's African-based religions. South Africa. This volume examines the relationship between religion and human rights in seven major religious traditions, as well as key legal concepts, contemporary issues, and relationships among religion, state, and society in the areas of human ... "[Religion is] the belief in Spiritual Beings" (Edward B Tylor, Primitive Culture) 2. Nigosian (1994: 4) defined religion in general as “an invention or creation of the human mind for regulating all human activity, and this creative activity is a human necessity that satisfies the spiritual desires and needs inherent in human nature”. The contributors to this volume embrace the challenge of exploring "witchcraft" as a mode of experiencing and explaining human circumstances as well as confronting the limitations of their own intellectual traditions and paradigms. Read "STANLEY, Brian, The Bible and the Flag: Protestant missions and British Imperialism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Trowbridge, Apollos. Download Free PDF Law and Religion in Africa: Comparative Practices, Experiences, and Prospects, M. Christian Green, guest editor, Symposium Issue, African Human Rights Law Journal 14:1 (May 2014) M. Christian Green 1749-4915. Abstract. This collection brings together in one place his major writings on religion. Ùá1ã«"ì7$XøÔ9Xª×íÄÑðyÃöyy
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Page 6 of 62 teachers are expected to be believers in the religion themselves and the object of the In Africa also, Islam has spread during the past two centuries even under the mighty power of European colonial rulers. ix+405. comprises African traditional theology , i.e., African non-Christian theology as found particularly in African traditional religions imbued with mythopoeic, oralness, narratives, 1 Mika Vahakangas, In Search of a Foundation for African Catholicism; Charles Nyamiti‟s Theological Download full-text PDF Read full-text. (2016). Click Get Books and find your favorite books in the online library. 2 August 2011 4 Ekpo (1999) posits that religion is the attitude of the mind which covers motives and beliefs that are expected in acts of worship such a prayer and ritual. Religion played a very important role in pre-colonial African society. Religion is not the main cause of conflicts today. Found insideThis book focuses on the location of the religious heritage of Africa within the academic study of religion - including indigenous African religions, African Christianities, African/American forms of Islam, the religions of African ... Journal Of Religion In Africa. The Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa (JGRA), is a semiannual - publication of the Centre for Constructive Theology, an initiative of the former Faculty of Theology, University of DurbanWestville. Journal of Church and State is concerned with what has been called the "greatest subject in the history of the West." Traditional African religion /spirituality: Communication between the living and the living-dead. Review by: 3 CULTURE, RELIGION AND GENDER. It is essentially a postcolonial approach to what AIR and its essential characteristics is: God and humanity, sacrifices, afterlife and ancestors. Terrorism is a dimension of ‘new wars’. He further explores some theological, ethical and social issues that necessitate theological concern and their implications for theological education as a response. The "moving wall" represents the time period between the last issue Google Scholar Gilchrist, Cherry ( 1987 ), Divination: the Search for Meaning ( London : Dryad Press ). Journals such as the London-based Africa, Cahiers d’Études Africaines (Paris), and the Journal of Religion in Africa (Leiden, The Netherlands) publish articles on religion from time to time, representing the latest thinking. The International Journal for Philosophy of Religion (IJPR) provides a medium for the exposition, development, and criticism of important philosophical insights and theories relevant to religion in any of its varied forms. In this second edition, Dr Mbiti has updated his material to include the involvement of women in religion, and the potential unity to be found in what was once thought to be a mass of quite separate religions. Found insideThe volume addresses NRMs that have caught media attention, including movements such as Scientology, New Age, the Neopagans, the Sai Baba movement and Jihadist movements active in a post-9/11 context. Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. 77–85, that the current explosion of religious revivalism in Africa is another ruse by the common man to create a counter-ideology and alternative political space in response to the totalitarian ambitions of African dictators. Download full Journal Of Religion In Africa Book or read online anytime anywhere, Available in PDF, ePub and Kindle. A Dark Green Religious Analysis of the Life and Work of Wangari Maathai (1940 - 2011) Hannelie. Its contributors include scholars working in history, anthropology, sociology, political science, missiology, literature and related disciplines. Download full-text PDF. This book is a printed edition of the Special Issue "Transforming Encounters and Critical Reflection: African Thought, Critical Theory, and Liberation Theology in Dialogue" that was published in Religions 149 International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. In rare instances, a Tel: +234 8057420868. This misunderstanding continued until indigenous African scholars like John S. Mbiti and E. Bolaji Idowu, in 1970s and 1980s, set out to refute some of the erroneous claims about African religions. Found insideAfrican American theologians tend not to find philosophy as a meaningful tool to advance their theological positions. publisher has elected to have a "zero" moving wall, so their current They echoed the fact that “Africans had known God before Religions of Africa (1985) that one of the most fascinating aspects of our history is the richness and varieties of its religious traditions. Fowler 1985; Walshe 1995; Haynes 1996; Constantin and Coulon 1997; Monga 1996). In the broadest sense, the concept of human flourishing focuses our attention on having a comprehensively good or worthwhile life, but various religious and legal traditions suggest different norms for measuring the quality of life and designing the institutional structures that could best facilitate and preserve it. Found insideThis book enhances and furthers such academic interest by presenting a comprehensive, integrated analysis based upon rigorous, systematic survey research. In "The Deficit of Environmental Leadership in Africa & Its Implication for Theological Education in the 21st Century" Ben-Willie Kwaku Golo outlines some roots of our enduring environmental malaise in Africa and explores their correlations with the problem of leadership. Journal of African History, x, 4 (I969), pp. Journal of Religion and Health, Feb 19 [E-pub ahead of print] Comment: This is the latest review of religion, spirituality and mental health, and should be of interest to readers interested in the relationship between religion and mental disorders. Journals such as the London-based Africa, Cahiers d’Études Africaines (Paris), and the Journal of Religion in Africa (Leiden, The Netherlands) publish articles on religion from time to time, representing the latest thinking. The Journal of Theology for Southern Africa is published from the School of Religion, Philosophy and Classics at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Muslims dominated Africans by establishing institutions that advanced the oppression of Africans. The Islamic state created an army to force Africans into submission. After conquering a tribe or group of people they often took the land and replaced African traditions and customs with Islamic ones. A person must be born in a particular African people in order to be able to follow African Religion. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2004. The missionaries on the other side renounced the traditional female circumcision by Africans. pp. Special Section: Religion and Spirituality in Family Life: Delving Into Relational Spirituality for Couples (PDF, 55KB), Journal of Family Psychology, October 2014 The American Psychological Association, in Washington, D.C., is the largest scientific and professional organization representing psychology in the United States. Religious- and ethnic-oriented violence in deeply divided societies continues to present grave threats to international peace and security. Journal of Sociology, Psychology and Anthropology in Practice Vol 3, No. In 1985 the editorship was taken over by Adrian Hastings, who retired in 1999. AJOL is a Non-Profit Organisation that (since 1998) works to increase global & continental online access, awareness, quality & use of African … Printed in South Africa by DS Print Media The manual may not be reproduced without written permission from Inter Press Service. Found insideThe volume focuses on the continent, on African identity in globalization, and on African religion in cultural change. African Journals OnLine (AJOL) is the world's largest and preeminent platform of African-published scholarly journals. It is anticipated that the findings from this study will assist in the organisation, the management and the sustainable development of religious tourism in South Africa. The situation was ripe for conflict”. Found insideA pioneering study of evangelical politics in the Third World as a whole, comparing Africa, Asia and Latin America. The aim of the study was to assess the event in a longitudinal manner as the festival under investigation is an annual recurring event. moving wall, articles from the year 2002 are available. International Journal of Educational Administration and Policy Studies Review Myths in African concept of reality Jones M. Jaja Institute of Foundation Studies, Rivers State University of Science and Technology, P. M. B. The influence of Christianity on African Traditional Religion and African Christian religiosity was achieved through the evangelisation of Africans by returnee African Christian slaves and Christian missionaries from the West. January 2012. Adherents of traditional religions in sub-Saharan Africa are distributed among 43 countries and are estimated to number over 100 million.. Supplement I. Contextualisatio. It is the religion which resulted from the sustaining faith held by the forebears of the present Africans, and which is being practised today in various forms and It is interesting how people of the same faith, in this case, Islam, differ in their treatment of the dead. Found insideTo what extent has the emergence of social media and social networking sites shaped religious discourses and religious practices? This volume offers a unique, Africa-centred perspective in response to these questions. 4 [Special Issue –February 2012] 50 Homosexual Rights and the Law: A South African Constitutional Metamorphosis Mr. Mwanawina Ilyayambwa Junior Lecturer of Public Law and Legal Philosophy North West University Mafikeng Campus, Faculty Law 16 Mbembe argues, in ibid. Critical reason and Christian convictions have combined in surprising ways when African Christians have engaged with vital public issues such as national constitutions and gender relations, and with literary imaginings and controversies over tradition and HIV/AIDS. 24 guilders. Indigenous Religion (AIR) in Africa. Found insideA collection of Robin Horton's classic papers on African religion (1960-90), presenting a wide-ranging enquiry into religious thought. This has tremendous impact on human relations in view of the resurgence of religion and its growing role in both public and private life. 2.1 Introduction 23 . Association for the Study of Religion in Southern Africa. Gaba, C.R. pdf. Religion, after all, is a powerful constituent of cultural norms and values, and because it addresses the most profound existential issues of human life (e.g., freedom and inevitability, fear and faith, security and insecurity, right and wrong, sacred and profane), religion is deeply implicated in individual and social conceptions of peace. This third edition of the Oguaa Journal of Religion and Human Values deals with topics that border on the very existence of humans and of the relevance of their spirituality. Finally, he offers some approaches to theological education for environmental leadership in the 21st century Africa. Sub-Unit Topic 2: Role of Traditional Women in South African Cultures Scholar: Valarie Jackson Level: Post-secondary and University I. AFRICAN RELIGIONS IN WESTERN SCHOLARSHIP European Traditions in the Study of Religion in Africa. Evolving An African Christian Feminist Ethics: A Study of Nigerian Women, Daniel Ude Asue Edited by FRIEDER LUDWIG and AFE ADOGAME. 7; December 2014 147 Causes of Poverty in Africa: A Review of Literature Alex Addae-Korankye Central Business School Central University College P.O.BOX DS 2310, Accra Ghana Abstract Global Journal of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences Vol.2,No.7, pp. 2, 1968. SCIENCE AND RELIGION 13 Recognition of freedom of thought, conscience and religion as a legal right 14 Prohibition of any discrimination in respect of the right 15 Distinction between freedom to maintain or to change religion or belief, and freedom to manifest religion or belief 15 The scope of freedom to maintain or to change religion or belief 16 Pp. This approach to religion dominates the pluralist analysis Of religious groups in western societies and is found as well in much of the recent literature on civil society in Africa and elsewhere (cf. With great knowledge of both African traditional religions and the Bible, Dr. Gehman explores the issues of the supreme being, divinities, ancestral spirits, witchcraft and sorcery in the light of God's Word. A . the sub-Saharan Africa is one country with one religious belief and practice. 2, no. 2 Peoples and religions of South Africa. O ne scholar who has written extensively on African Traditional Religion is John Mbiti, a Kenyan whom many consider the dean of living African theologians. American Journal of Jurisprudence, l6, pp. This collection provides vivid ethnographic explorations of particular, local Christianities as they are experienced by different groups around the world. "By religion, then, I understand a propitiation or conciliation of powers superior to man which are believed to direct and control the course of nature and of human life" (James George Frazer, The Golden Bough). DIIS REPORT 2006:6 11 Fig. The Odyssey of African Theologians in America, Marinus C. Iwuchukwu, Ph.D. Found insideBy tracing how state-builders engaged religious institutions, elites, and attachments, this book problematizes the divergent religion-state power configurations that have developed. There are two central arguments. It is an important theological journal in the subcontinent. Only Open Access Journals Only SciELO Journals Only WoS Journals While more usefill than the identity approach, this pluralist approach Olaomo. Since its first publication, this book has become acknowledged as the standard work in the field of study, and it is essential reading for anyone concerned with African religion, history, philosophy, anthropology or general African studies. The first comprehensive empirical account of how religion affects the interpretation, prevention, and mitigation of AIDS in Africa, the world's most religious continent. In "Reclaiming Eve: A Re-Reading of Humanity's Origin (Genesis 2 & 3)" Augustine Mary-Mensah challenges the long held belief that Eve is the source of evil and that her singular action triggered humankind's fall from the garden of Eden. Journal for the Study of Religion, Nature and Culture, the new title for Ecotheology. In "Celebrating the Dead: A Phenomenological Study of Janazah Practice Among Selected Muslim Organisations in Osun State, Nigeria," R.I Adebayo explores the different ways that various Muslim groups in the Osun State conduct the Islamic ceremony of the dead, known as janazah. Whether in Christian or Muslim contexts, preaching has become one of the main practices situated at the centre of urban life (De Witte 2003; Shipley 2012; Sounaye 2013). Praise for How Learning Works "How Learning Works is the perfect title for this excellent book. American International Journal of Social Science Vol. For this entry, however, gender may be understood to refer to defined capacities and attributes assigned to persons based on their alleged sexual characteristics. 25 No 1 (July 2019) _____ | 17 tion of sacred scriptures (e.g. Students and scholars will find these topical studies to be impressive in scope. Journal of Gender and Religion in Africa. This volume reflects on current debates in the acdemic study of religion by reprinting select articles form the Brill journal Method and Theory in the Study of Religions, currently in its 25th volume, and asking a group of younger scholars ... South Africa is a country of many cultures and many religions -indeed, a country of pluralities. Leiden : E. J. Brill 1965, 128 pp. the Religious Philosophy of Jihadi Salafism and the Ideology of Boko Haram,” Journal of Politics, Religion and Ideology, published online September 1, 2015. It has supplied In 2014 alone, violence along identity lines in Iraq and Syria, the Central African Republic, Myanmar, and Ukraine grab headlines and present worrying scenarios of mass atrocities. In 1985 the editorship was taken over by Adrian Hastings, who retired in 1999. African Journal of Religion Culture and Society, Journal of African Religion and Philosophy, Law Religion and Human Flourishing in Africa, Oguaa Journal of Religion and Human Values, Uncivic Religion African Religious Communities and Their Quest for Public Legitmacy in the Diaspora, Sacred Queer Stories Ugandan LGBTQ Refugee Liv Ugandan LGBTQ Refugee Lives and the Bible, Christianity and Public Culture in Africa, African Traditional Religion in Biblical Perspective, Well Integrity for Workovers and Recompletions, Clean Energy and Resource Recovery from Biomass Wastes, Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Advanced 3D-Printed Systems and Nanosystems for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering, Stepped Care for Borderline Personality Disorder. Before his conversion to Christianity, A. E. Orobator was raised in a Nigerian family steeped in the practice of traditional African Religion-animism, to use the term of anthropologists; "paganism" or "heathenism," to use the term of the ... African traditional religion (ATR) refers to the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of the African people. Summer, 2010: Volume 1 Number 2 • PDF. Afro Asian Journal of Social Sciences Volume 1, No. In South Africa the post-1994 era has seen many ri gorous structural changes being introduced as part of government's transformational drive to adapt and cope with the many dynamic contemporary challenges. An International Journal Publishes research on the theological expression of faith among Black people across the world to explore the nature of Black religious experiences. JSR. 1990, 212 pp., £11.95, 0 85111 412 1, Journal of Religion in Africa" on DeepDyve, the largest online rental service for scholarly research with thousands of academic publications available at your fingertips. Journal of Literary Studies: Vol. €78 (ISBN 3-447-05002-0). ISSN 2141-6672 ©2011 Academic Journals Review Colonialism and African cultural values Benson O. Igboin Department of Religion and African Culture, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria. 10,000 new religions with 12 million or more adherents in among the tribal peoples of the Americas, Asia, Africa and the Pacific.v He would include the African Independent Churches, but untold numbers of new religions may be found in India; several hundreds exist in South America, Australia African religion remains very much alive. Contributors: Barbara M. Cooper, Harri Englund, Marja Hinfelaar, Nicholas Kamau-Goro, Birgit Meyer, Michael Perry, Kweku Okyerefo, Damaris Parsitau, Ruth Prince, James A. Pritchett, Ilana van Wyk. religion, and spirituality 1990-2010: A systematic evidence-based review. D GENDER AND RELIGION: GENDER AND AFRICAN RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS Gender has been variously defined in diverse contexts. Today Islam continues to grow not only in Africa but also in Europe and America where Muslims now comprise a notable minority.Islam was destined to become a world religion and to African Journal of History and Culture Full Length Research Paper Attitudes of Christian missionaries towards African traditional religious beliefs in East Africa during the British colonial rule Tugume Lubowa Hassan Makerere University,Kampala, Uganda. 32, African Women, Post/Nationalism and the Creative Imagination, pp. 2 No. Linda Naicker. This work examines the emergence of the concepts of religion and religions on 19th-century colonial frontiers. 4, No.10, pp.18-28, October 2016 Published by European Centre for Research Training and Development UK (www.eajournals.org) 18 ISSN: 2052-6350(Print), 2052-6369(Online) POLYGAMY AND CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA T A Falaye, Ph.D Department Of Religious Studies In many parts of rural Africa, traditional healers prescribing medicinal plants are the most easily accessible and affordable health resource available to the local community and at times the only therapy that … "African Religions and Philosophy" is a systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief that have evolved in the many societies of Africa. 3, No. 95 5 Harold J. Berman (1983), ‘Religious Foundations of Law in the West: An Historical Perspective’, Journal of Law and Religion, l, pp. Found inside – Page iThe book concludes with a useful review of coping strategies and interventions that have been demonstrated to alleviate parenting stress. Found insideThe proposed handbook will serve as the definitive overview of these exciting new developments. Divided into three main sections, the books essays will reflect the three dominant dimensions of the field. Part I will explore Frontiers: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Study Abroad Volume XXX, Issue 1, Winter 2018 ©2018 Michael T. Ndemanu 71 there is an inescapable embeddedness of traditional African religions in people’s ways of thinking and knowing to a point that it is nearly impossible to extricate oneself from it without strong The issue of the environment has become key in global governance. Found insideAnalyzes Muslim countries' contemporary problems, particularly violence, authoritarianism, and underdevelopment, comparing their historical levels of development with Western Europe. Found insideThis book provides an insight into the role of writing and literacy in the church founded by the South African prophet Isaiah Shembe, in 1910. Abstract-Traditionally it is generally believed that indigenous art and religion perform similar function in different forms. University of Johannesburg. Africa is a massive continent with diverse religious traditions, to the extent that within the same tradition there have been variations. Cornell International Law Journal Vol. This volume reports on ongoing original research into the changing situations which rural African women are experiencing in relation to land rights. Gender, then, is a construct within a people's living experience, embedded in the base of their … JSRNC. In five of these countries—Benin, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, and the Ivory Coast—African religion is the majority religion. Indigeneous Art and Religion in Africa . The Journal of Religion in Africa, founded in 1967 by Andrew Walls, is interested in all religious traditions and all their forms, in every part of Africa, and it is open to every methodology.Its contributors include scholars working in history, anthropology, sociology, political science, missiology, literature and related disciplines. 45 . NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER The “paradigm-influencing” book (Christianity Today) that is fundamentally transforming our understanding of white evangelicalism in America. They also reveal the plurality of Pentecostalism in Africa and keep in view the continent’s continuing denominational diversity. They echoed the fact that “Africans had known God before CHRONICLE OF RECENT LITERATURE ON RELIGION IN AFRICA RELIGION: CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA BENZ, E. (editor), Messianische Kirchen, Sekten und Bewegungen im Heutigen Afrika. For a history of the study of African traditional religions in Zimbabwe see G. Ter Haar, A. Moyo, and S. J. Nondo, African Traditional Religions in Religious Education (Utrecht, Utrecht University, 1992), 29-51. In 1929, the Church of Scotland, gospel missionary society and the African inland mission ordered their followers and teachers to renounce female circumcision. African middlemen, they could enlarge European profi ts and directly supervise African production. African Christians have created new publics, often in ways that offer fresh insights into the symbolic and practical boundaries separating the secular and the sacred, the private and the public, and the liberal and the illiberal. It is interested in all religious traditions and all their forms, in every part of Africa… 1 in turn illustrates the relative strengths across the continent of the three main religious “families” in the 1990s,4 showing an almost even split between Christian-ity and Islam, with traditional or indigenous religions coming in third. It is interested in all religious traditions and all their forms, in every part of Africa, and it is open to every methodology. At the same time, it was the The paper did not address grievances of Africans. pb. They explore rural Africa and the continent’s major cities, and colonial and missionary situations, as well as mass-mediated ideas and images in the twenty-first century. The rapid growth of many religions in Africa and the revival of AIR in postcolonial Africa have made inter-religious dialogue an urgent necessity. 1: Religions in Africa. Some of the larger ethnic groups in Africa are the Arabs, Ashanti, Bantu, and. Swahili. The major religions practiced in Africa are Islam, Christianity, and traditional beliefs. Remember a religious group shares a belief system in a god or gods, with a specific set of rituals and literature. They defy easy analysis, and understanding of the phenomenon remains incomplete. The resilience of religion in developing countries is now plain to see. Religion has become an increasingly important factor of personal and group identification. Based on an African case study, this book calls for new ways of thinking about diversity that go "beyond religious tolerance". Create free account to access unlimited books, fast download and ads free! Found insideRecent reports on Pentecostalism in the global South give the impression of an inexorable trajectory of massive growth, but Faith in Flux examines the religion's ambivalent reception in northern Mozambique, locating vital insight in the ... Although most Africans today are adherents of Christianity or Islam, African people often combine the practice of their traditional beliefs with the practice of Abrahamic religions. There was hardly any aspect of societal life in which religion … Ancestral Cult in African Traditional Religious Belief Systems and its Theological Relevance Today, Bomki L. Mathew. The African Journal of Gender and Religion Vol. (REUTERS/ZOUBEIR SOUISSI) In the aftermath of the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the United States (US), terrorism has increasingly become a new tactic of warfare and a key security threat, both in Africa and globally. African interests. 1, Fasc. 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