List of african traditional religions
[PDF File] Chapter 1 Religious Traditions in Africa: An Overview of
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Introduction Africa is a massive continent with diverse religious traditions, to the extent that within the same tradition there have been variations. The three main religious tra-ditions—African traditional religion, Christianity, and Islam—constitute the triple religious heritage of the African continent. This heritage, though contemporarily more …
PHENOMENOLOGY OF RELIGION AND THE STUDY OF …
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Phenomenology of religion, however, continues to be popular in the academic study of African Traditional Religions (also referred to as African indigenous religions in this article). Many African scholars rec ommend and apply phenomenological principles in their researches into the indigenous religions of Africa.
[PDF File] African Traditional Religion in the Context of World Religions ...
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IntroductIon African Traditional Region (ATR), together with other indigenous religions, has been given many negative labels, mostly by outsiders and even by some less-informed Africans. These labels do not adequately mirror the cosmological view and religious practices of the followers of these religions. Labels such as “animism,” “fetishism,” …
[PDF File] Spirit and Spirits in African Religious Traditions
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The chapter first looks at the traditional understanding of the workings of spir-its and their associated religious practices and, second, the ways in which these beliefs and practices inform expressions of Christianity especially the so-called African Independent Churches (AICs) and contemporary Pentecostalism. This can only be a broad and general survey …
The Impact of African Traditional Religious Beliefs and …
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conversions of the indigenous people, mainly, from African Traditional Religion (ATR) to the two mission religions. The religious beliefs, practices and the provision of social services of these immigrant religions have impacted on the religious and cultural life of the traditional communities.
[PDF File] Aspects of African Traditional Religion - JSTOR
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Finally, religion includes the beliefs and practices of historic native African communities with regard to the supernatural and the meaning and purpose of life. In view of the pluralism of Africanness, the religion tends to be ethnocentric. Consequently, it is more accurate to speak of African religions, even if some of the ideas in one ethnic group will find …
[PDF File] Consultations in New Prophetic Churches and African …
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The other nonsyncretistic practice exists in how traditional African religions perform rituals and invoke the spirits of the ancestors to exorcise a demon, and new prophetic churches cast out the ...
[PDF File] SYMBOLS AND SYMBOLISMS IN AFRICAN TRADITIONAL …
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A symbolic creation is an encounter between a tangible, material object and the human spirit, which fills the object with an invisible meaning, a higher dimension. In African traditional societies, symbols are created to perform this function. This study examined the meaning of symbols in African traditional socio-religious communities.
[PDF File] Chapter 3: Traditional African Religious Beliefs and Practices
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Chapter 3: Traditional African Religious Beliefs and Practices Side by side with their high levels of commitment to Christianity and Islam, many people in the countries surveyed retain beliefs and rituals that are characteristic of traditional African religions.
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African traditional religion has variously been criticised as quaint or obsolete religion which belongs to the people of yore. Some school of thought prefer to view it as a setting back of the clock of religious education, saying it is about time the old religion is dumped into the garbage can where it belongs.
African Traditional Religion in the Context of Christian and …
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African traditional religion is one of the religions of the world. This religion has contrib-uted a lot to humanity because it is the bedrock and pace setter to all other religions of the world like Christianity, Islam, etc.
[PDF File] COURSE GUIDE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND …
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This guide is conceived as one of the major resources to help you successfully complete your course in “African Traditional Religion and Culture” and ultimately your programme.
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS IN THE RELIGIOUS …
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African traditional religions are (1) the community religions of traditional societies of sub-Saharan Africa. They are marked by. low visibility, (3) complexity of belief representations, pragmatism, (5) reciprocity, (6) laxity in religious duties, and (7) vagueness of, and variety in, belief representations.
Influences of Christian Religion on African Traditional …
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Key words: Religion, Christian, Influence, African traditional religion and Value systems Introduction: The African traditional society is a homogenous and close one with its unique characteristic features that set it apart from other cultures of the world.
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The meaning – content of sacrifices in African traditional Religion Sacrifices in Judaism, Christianity and one Eastern Religions (Hinduism) .
[PDF File] Traditional African religions and their influences on the …
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Abstract: This essay explores the traditional African religious beliefs and practices of the people of Bangwa in the Southwestern region of Cameroon in order to uncover how those beliefs influence their thought processes and worldviews. In the course of rethinking and re-examining their belief systems and their traditional religious practices, the following …
AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION: ITS RELEVANCE IN …
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What they neglect to study is the religion of this contemporary African, a religion which still owes a great deal to past tradition, but which is articu lated in new ways and which finds new areas of application in the modern world. It is a mistake to conclude that African Traditional Religion is a dead or dying tradition.
[PDF File] Factsheet: Religious Freedom Concerns for Followers of …
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This factsheet places adherents of African traditional and indigenous religions within the broader international religious freedom discourse, from which they have historically been underrepresented. The report summarizes historical themes and trends highlighted in scholarly literature, identifies relevant international legal mechanisms that protect …
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Among these spiritual beings is the belief in ancestors. Some scholars of African Traditional religion classified the belief system of the Africans into four types: The supreme God, the sky god, the mother earth and other divinities (Parinder, 1967). Mbiti (1975:36) echoed that “every African people recognized God according to some …
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These include:lack of written documents, lack of indebt study of African religion leading to hasty conclusion, prejudice by western scholars who misconceived African traditional religious concept with Christianity and language barriers (Ikenga-Metuh, 1981).
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This thesis, Christianity and African Traditional Religion in Kumasi - A Comparative Study, sought to study the differences and similarities of both religions, whether there was the existence of peaceful co-habitation and their collective influence on their host communities.
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Traditional African Religions in South African Law x concede that there is no universally agreed definition of ATRs, and, like all modern authors on the topic, they note that it is difficult, if not impossible, to generalise about all the African belief systems. evertheless, yaundi nn and Masondo identify certain shared features.
[PDF File] Introduction to Handbook of African Traditional Religion
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This situation has been further compounded by the advents of Christianity and Islam on the African continent. The two religions have successfully deci-mated African Traditional Religion at its “home base” by securing the loyalty of the vast majority of the African population between the two over the centu-ries. Also, the Christian and Islamic hostilities …
Religion and Morality in the African Traditional Setting
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traditional religion can be seen to be powerfully shaped by moral. concerns. The important qualification here is that to be ly African religion must be approached at the that the high god is often regarded as morally not evidence a lack of religious-moral concern so. that God is not the principal spiritual and moral.
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