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    • [PDF File] WATER AND SPIRITUALITY IN SOME AFRICAN CULTURES …

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      1. WATER AND SPIRITUALITY IN SOME AFRICAN CULTURES AND TRADITIONS Author: GEORGE PANYIN HAGAN Introduction An Akan proverb says, “When the chicken drinks water, it shows it to God (Akoko nom nsu a, odze kyere Nyame)”. The Akan people of Ghana use this proverb not only to say that it is God that makes it possible for the …

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    • [PDF File] RITUALS, SYMBOLISM AND SYMBOLS IN YORUBA …

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      Rituals and Rites in Yoruba Religion: Some Examples Rituals and rites abound in Yoruba traditional religion. A brid survey would be attempted here. . Let us start with the ritual in connection with the worship of God - Olodumare and gods - Orisa. There is a specific cult of Olodumare in Y orubaland. This may

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    • [PDF File] Women and African Traditional Religion - Springer

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      all-inclusive name for its religious rituals. Olupona (2014) rightly arguedand agreed with Sundermeier (1998) that even though there are common elements, African spiritual practices cannot be generalized. In the same vein, generalizations about the role and status of women in traditional African societies are not easy to make

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    • [PDF File] The Holy Communion and African rituals: An encounter …

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      African rituals: An encounter between African religion and Christianity’, HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies ... as individuals within African Traditional Religion (ATR) are engaged in active maintenance of close contact with the spiritual world, that is, the world of their ancestors and the Creator (Mndende 2005:19); on the other ...

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    • [PDF File] The Palgrave Handbook of African Traditional Religion

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      22 African Traditional Religion and African Philosophy 289 Alloy S. Ihuah and Zaato M. Nor 23 African Traditional Religion, Gender Equality, and Feminism 303 Adepeju Johnson-Bashua 24 African Traditional Religion, Sexual Orientation, Transgender, and Homosexuality 317 David Olali 25 African Traditional Religion, Conict Resolution, and

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    • [PDF File] Tolerance in African Traditional Religion - Andrews University

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      This article looks at tolerance in African Traditional Religion (ATR). A major problem in our world is the inability to live peacefully as people of diferent faiths. In Africa (based on my understanding from a Nigerian perspective), to a large extent, religion has been at the heart of much of the contemporary conflicts (Barnard 2013:1).

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    • [PDF File] 2 Cor. 7:1 in the Context of African Purification Rites A paper ...

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      4 which mean ‘to make thin’, ‘to make a person free, loose, unbound’ and derive from the word ukuhlamba which means ‘to wash.’6 In Zulu traditional life purification rites are understood as the process through which a person is made ‘free and refined of dross and imperfection . . .’7, From the practice of ritual, in the figure of impurity, a concept of guilt …

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    • [PDF File] AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND ITS RELATIONSHIP …

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      African Traditional Religion (ATR) is deeply intertwined with the natural world, forming a symbiotic relationship that shapes the beliefs, practices, and environmental ... Spirit possession is a significant aspect of African Traditional Religion rituals. Its adherents believe that spirits can temporarily possess individuals, often initiated ...

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    • [PDF File] RITUALS, SYMBOLISM AND SYMBOLS IN YORUBA …

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      Rituals and Rites in Yoruba Religion: Some Examples Rituals and rites abound in Yoruba traditional religion. A brid survey would be attempted here. . Let us start with the ritual in connection with the worship of God - Olodumare and gods - Orisa. There is a specific cult of Olodumare in Y orubaland. This may

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    • [PDF File] RITES OF PASSAGE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL REGION

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      In my area Ika North East L.G.A of Delta State, a lot of rituals precede birth and immediately after birth. The rituals however vary from country to country and even within the same country. Pregnancy is the first indication that a new child is on the way. Therefore the rituals of birth begins with the pregnancy of the mother.

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    • [PDF File] ATR (African Traditional Religion) Introduction - Samaria …

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      Introduction. Three religions dominates African continent: ATR, Islam and Christianity. African Traditional Religion has grown out of the African soil. It is not brought from outside. It is best distinguished as ATR. It is described as the product of thinking and experience of African forefathers and mothers of former generations.

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    • [PDF File] Chapter 3: Traditional African Religious Beliefs and Practices

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      Roughly one-third or more of the population in South Africa (32%), Senegal (35%) and Guinea Bissau (41%) says they possess such items. In most other countries, 15-30% of the population owns traditional sacred objects. Substantial minorities (roughly 20% or more) in many countries also say they participate in ceremonies or rituals to honor their ...

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    • [PDF File] The Effect of Globalization on African Traditional Religious …

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      the world has affected African Traditional Religion drastically. This work is going to look into how globalization has affected African Traditional Religion especially in the area of the rituals. This ritual is known as a form of behavior presented by custom, law, rule or regulations, these include; the mode of eating, dressing, language,

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    • [PDF File] Attitudes of Christian missionaries towards African traditional ...

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      Tugume Lubowa Hassan. Makerere University,Kampala, Uganda. Received 3 September, 2015; Accepted 7 September, 2015. This article focuses on the religious encounter between European Christian Missionaries and the African traditional religious beliefs in East Africa. The area of study is Buganda in Uganda.

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    • [PDF File] INITIATION IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION - uni …

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      1 AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION 14 1.1 Nature, Fundamentals and Principles 14 1.1.1 The Origin of African Traditional Religion 16 1.1.2 Features of African Traditional Religion 18 1.1.3 Various Elements 19 1.1.4 The Place of Cult 20 1.1.5 Private worship 21 1.1.6 Public Worship 21 1.2 Documentation of African Traditional Religion 22

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    • [PDF File] SACRIFICE IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION: …

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      In Vedic understanding, that which is scarified is always and constantly material, directly or indirectly. The nature of sacrifice is the giving up or burning down of materials for the purification and liberation of the spirit. The sole purpose of this sacrifice is to attain ultimate knowledge. (p.42).

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    • [PDF File] Aspects of African Traditional Religion - JSTOR

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      ASPECTS OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION 15. childhood to adolescence. As such puberty rites celebrate the coming-of-age of a boy or a girl, as a viable member of the family and society. Some tribes in Ghana, the Gas-Adangbe and the Ewes, have puberty rites for boys as well as for girls.

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    • [PDF File] Ritual Performance in Africa Today - JSTOR

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      Rosette has pointed out elsewhere (I979:219), "much research on African religion makes too radical a dichotomy between traditional religions in rural areas and new religious movements on the urban scene." Not only that, but as the following essays indicate, the revitalized tradition is in fact urban, while the invented ones are both urban and ...

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    • [PDF File] Exploring the African Traditional Belief Systems in Natural …

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      African Traditional Religion (ATR) and cultural practices in most parts of African communities are environmentally friendly and sustainable, contributing so much to natural resource sustainability and conservation (International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), 1992). In Africa, the traditional belief systems hold the ascription

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    • [PDF File] Women in African Traditional Religions - JSTOR

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      Women in African Traditional Religions I39. Although women play subordinate roles within the central communal cults of traditional African religions, they frequently have important roles in personal rituals of status transformation associated with birth, puberty, and death. From the perspective of women's ritual and secular.

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    • [PDF File] AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION - JSTOR

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      African Traditional Religion was essentially oral and preliterate. It was even to a great extent non-verbal, preferring symbolic action, concrete imagery and dance as a means of expressing its religious beliefs and values. Christianity became associated with the school, with "civilization" and modernity. African.

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    • [PDF File] Adventists and African Traditional Religion - Seventh-day …

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      rituals on behalf of his children, or a chief for his subjects. This aspect contrasts with the Christian religion which demands individual commitment to God. 8 Adventism Meets African Traditional Religion The first Adventist mission station among native Africans opened in 1894 at Solusi, Zimbabwe. Thereafter many

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    • [PDF File] African Traditional Religion in the face of Secularism in

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      tional Religion in the face of Secularism in South AfricaIt is a well documented fact that African Traditional Religion was discriminated against by the mi. sionaries, as well as colonial and apartheid governments. African traditionalist and academic Nokuzola Mndende1 points out that under these regimes the public profile of African knowledge ...

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    • [PDF File] SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISMS IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL …

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      The African traditional symbolists have succeeded in visualizing and making tangible, in symbolic forms, their religious values and concepts other than just myths. Functions of Symbols in African Traditional Socio-Religious Community African traditional religion revolves around symbolic formulae without which

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