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Religious plurality in Africa : essays in honour of John S. Mbiti / edited by Jacob K. Olupona, Sulayman S. Nyang.

Contributor(s): Series: Religion and society (Hague, Netherlands) ; 32.Publisher: Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 1993Description: 1 online resource (xxi, 455 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9783110850079 (electronic bk.)
  • 3110850079 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religious plurality in AfricaDDC classification:
  • 200/.96 22
LOC classification:
  • BL2400 .R383 1993eb
Other classification:
  • 11.07
  • BE 1650
  • BE 5500
Online resources:
Contents:
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.
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [397]-415) and indexes.

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.

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.

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