African Religion Defined

Name: African Religion Defined
Brand: University Press of America
SKU: 9780761860570
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A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan

Autor: Anthony Ephirim-Donkor

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African religion is ancestor worship; it revolves around the dead, now thought to be alive and well...

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Autor

Anthony Ephirim-Donkor

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Carte broșată

Publicat

2012

Pagini

220

EAN

9780761860570

ISBN

0761860576

Enbook ID

04683114

Editura

University Press of America

Greutate

318

Dimensiuni

225 x 154 x 23

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African religion is ancestor worship; it revolves around the dead, now thought to be alive and well in heaven (the Samanadzie) and propitiated by the living on earth. For the Akan, the ancestors' stool is the emblem of the ancestors (Nananom Nsamanfo). Led by their kings and queen mothers as living ancestors, the Akan periodically propitiate the ancestors' stools housing their ancestors. In return, the ancestors and deities influence the affairs of living descendants, making ancestor worship as tenably viable as any other religion. This second edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worship by demonstrating the centrality of the ancestors' stool as the ultimate religious symbol. In addition, all chapters have been expanded. A new chapter has been added to show how ancestor worship is pragmatically integrative, theologically sound, teleological as well as soteriological, with a highly trained clerical body and elders as mediators.

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