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    <title>Religious plurality in Africa</title>
    <subTitle>essays in honour of John S. Mbiti</subTitle>
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    <namePart>Olupọna, Jacob Obafẹmi Kẹhinde.</namePart>
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    <namePart>Nyang, Sulayman S. (Sulayman Sheih)</namePart>
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  <tableOfContents>Foreword: Listening to Africa / Walter J. Hollenweger -- Preface: Religious plurality in Africa / Ogbu U. Kalu -- A biographical sketch / Jacob K. Olupona -- Introduction: Issues and perspectives on religious plurality in Africa / Jacob K. Olupona and Sulayman S. Nyang -- The study of African religions in retrospect : from "Westernization" to "Africanization" / David Westerlund -- African traditional religion : an enduring heritage / Kofi Asare Opoku -- Time and African beliefs revisited / Newell S. Booth, Jr. -- Traditional African healing system versus Western medicine in Southern Ghana : an encounter / Kofi Appiah-Kubi -- Gods as policemen : religion and social control in Igboland / Ogbu U. Kalu -- African theology revisited / John S. Pobee -- Civil authority, from the perspective of African theology / Gabriel M. Setiloane -- The Bible and oral tradition / Hans-Ruedi Weber -- Africa and Christianity : domestication of Christian values in the African church / A.B.T. Byaruhanga-Akiiki.</tableOfContents>
  <tableOfContents>African independent churches and theological scholarship in Germany / Hans-Jürgen Greschat -- The issue of social justice and order in Africa / John Ferguson -- Islamic revivalism in West Africa : historical perspectives and recent developments / Sulayman S. Nyang -- Christian- Muslim relations in Africa / Sigvard Von Sicard -- The place and role of India's religions in Africa / Gerhardus C. Oosthuizen -- Africa and Judaism : retrospect, problems and prospects / R.J. Zwi Werblowsky -- John Mbiti's work on African religion as reflected in the perceptions of students in a British university / Peter R. McKenzie -- A critique of John Mbiti's view on love and marriage in Africa / Mercy A. Oduyoye -- John Mbiti's contribution to African theology / Kwame Bediako -- John Mbiti's contribution to African philosophy / H. Odera Oruka.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">edited by Jacob K. Olupona, Sulayman S. Nyang.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-415) and indexes.</note>
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