African religions & philosophy Mbiti, John S.
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TextPublication details: Oxford ; Portsmouth, N.H. : Heinemann, 1970.Description: xiv, 288 pages : map ; 22 cmISBN: - 0385037139
- BL2400 .M38
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Introduction --
The study of African religions & philosophy --
The concept of time --
The nature of God --
The works of God --
God & nature --
The worship of God --
Spiritual beings, spirits & the living-dead --
The creation & original state of man --
Ethnic groups, kinship & the individual --
Birth & childhood --
Initiation & puberty rites --
Marriage & procreation --
Death & the hereafter --
Specialists: medicine-men, rainmakers, kings & priests --
Mystical power, magic, witchcraft & sorcery --
The concepts of evil, ethics & justice --
Changing man & his problems --
Christianity, Islam & other religions in Africa --
The search for new values, identity & security.
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