African Religion Defined
Anthony Ephirim-Donkor
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African Religion Defined
Published
2012
Publisher
University Press of America, Incorporated
Pages
222
ISBN-13
9780761860587
Description
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.
African spirituality
Cultural Universals and Particulars
African cultural values
An essay on African philosophical thought
Akan and Ga-Adangme peoples
Toward an African theology
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African Religion Defined was written by Anthony Ephirim-Donkor.
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