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Books on: (religion OR religions OR religious) AND (africa OR african)

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African Traditional Religion in South Africa: An Annotated Bibliography

Book by David Chidester, Chirevo Kwenda, Robert Petty, Judy Tobler, Darrel Wratten; Greenwood Press, 1997

Subjects:

Blacks--South Africa--Religion--Bibliography, South Africa--Religion--Bibliography

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...of the Social Value of Water among the Nama of South-West Africa." South African Journal of Science , vol. 20: 514-26. In her attempt...The Social Organisation of the Nama Hottentots of Southwest Africa." American Anthropologist , vol. 27: 1 - 24 . Hoernle...
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Oedipus and Job in West African Religion

Book by Meyer Fortes; University Press, 1959

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Africa, West--Religion, Fate And Fatalism, Tallensi (African People)--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...deified beings, together with the notion of Destiny. I have dwelt on their beliefs because they are characteristic of West Africa and the ethnographic data are so good. Similar patterns of cult and belief occur among other West African peoples, including some with no ____________________ 1 Herskovits, op. cit. vol. I, ch. XI.
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Religion and Suicide in the African-American Community

Book by Kevin E. Early; Greenwood Press, 1992

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African Americans--Religion, African Americans--Suicidal Behavior, Suicide--Religious Aspects--Christianity

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...Data Early, Kevin E. Religion and suicide in the African-American community...in Afro-American and African studies, ISSN 0069-9624...Afro-Americans -- Religion. 3. Suicide -- Religious aspects -- Christianity...
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South Asian Religions in the Americas: An Annotated Bibliography of Immigrant Religious Traditions

Book by John Y. Fenton; Greenwood Press, 1995

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America--Religion--Bibliography, Immigrants--Religious Life--America--Bibliography, South Asia--Religion--Bibliography, South Asians--America--Religion--Bibliography

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...significant exporter of religions and religious ideas...." This...imports as Islam. These religions have spread largely...Fiji, South and East Africa, Guyana, the Caribbean...the importance of religion to these people...opening chapter, the religious traditions of South...evolved into world religions, but they are also...
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The Psychologies in Religion: Working with the Religious Client

Book by E. Thomas Dowd, Stevan Lars Nielsen; Springer, 2006

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Psychology And Religion, Psychotherapy--Religious Aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Psychology, Entire Library

...membership in the Lutheran churches in both Africa and Asia is actually increasing, whereas...South Dakota). With regard to their religious commitment, a recent Faith Practices...inactive. Thirty-one percent attend religious services every week, whereas 42% attend...

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Journal Articles on: (religion OR religions OR religious) AND (africa OR african)

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The Challenge and Reconstructive Impact of African Religion in South Africa Today

Journal article by Julius Mutugi Gathogo; Journal of Ecumenical Studies, Vol. 43, 2008

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African philosophy--Social aspects, African religions--Social aspects, Social change--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Africas Three Religions. (1) Otherwise...foreign" to Africans and that African Christians...said about the African-Instituted...adherents in South Africa? The concern...to look at African religion as the pre...pre-Muslim religious discourses...indigenous Africans up to the present...here, African religion refers to an...other primal religions, one is born...
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Freedom of or Freedom from Religion? an Overview of Issues Pertinent to the Constitutional Protection of Religious Rights and Freedom in "the New South Africa"

Journal article by Lourens Du Plessis; Brigham Young University Law Review, Vol. 2001, 2001

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Church & state, Constitutional law, Court decisions, Freedom of religion, South Africa

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...evenhanded treatment of religious groups. A broadly conceived...jurisprudence can only develop if religious groups, communities...concerns to court. The South African courts, and the Constitutional...touching the free exercise of religion at the cost of broadly...treatment of diversity of religions in South Africa. The constitutional text...enriching construction of religious rights and freedom. As...
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Shembeism and the Rainbow Nation: Shembe Religion and Cultural Change in Durban, South Africa

Journal article by Dallas L. Browne; Ufahamu : Journal of the African Activist Association, Vol. 31, 2004

Subjects:

Cultural change, Durban South Africa, Modernization, Religion, Social life & customs, Values

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Nation: Shembe Religion and Cultural Change...growing independent African church in South Africa. Despite its obvious...that Independent African Churches grew from...for millions of Africans and helps them to...out of traditional religious milieus but working...Shembe is a syncretic religion. It blends Christianity...and for singing religious hymns, use of Zulu...one of the largest African ethnic groups in South Africa and among the most...invincible to other Africans. So African nationalists...
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Religion and International Trade: Does the Sharing of a Religious Culture Facilitate the Formation of Trade Networks?

Journal article by Joshua J. Lewer, Hendrik Van Den Berg; The American Journal of Economics and Sociology, Vol. 66, 2007

Subjects:

International trade--Religious aspects, Religion--Economic aspects, Religion--Influence, Religion--International aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...to the extent that religious fervor promotes isolationist...also be restrained. Religions role in the global economy...social institution, religion may encourage social...Mediterranean region and Africa more than 1,000 years ago. Like religions overall institutional...networks of like-minded religious adherents have a theoretically...estimation method or religious network variable used. Of the eight major world religions tested, Roman Catholicism is the only religion that generates consistently...
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Faith Profaned: The Religious Freedom Restoration Act and Religion in the Prisons

Journal article by Daniel J. Solove; Yale Law Journal, Vol. 106, 1996

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Employment Division, Department of Human Resources v. Smith--494 U.S. 872 (1990), Freedom of religion--Litigation, O'Lone v. Estate of Shabazz--482 U.S. 342 (1987), Prisoners--Religion, Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...kept a "canteen" of funds for religious groups. Inmates belonging to the Moorish Science Temple religion claimed that they were receiving fewer funds than other religions. The court ruled that the inmates...Congress understood that protection of religious liberty could not be entrusted...fit majoritarian conceptions of religion. In order to evaluate burdens on religions more accurately, courts should weigh burdens on religious practices with sensitivity to the...

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Magazine Articles on: (religion OR religions OR religious) AND (africa OR african)

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African Foundations of World Religions: "It Is to Inner Africa We Must Look in Order to Understand That Which Became Majestic in [Ancient

Magazine article by Femi Biko; May 2001

Subjects:

Africa--Religious aspects, Ancient civilization--Religious aspects, Civilization, Ancient--Religious aspects, Egypt--History, Egyptian history, Religion--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

African Foundations of World Religions: "It Is to Inner Africa We Must Look in...of Our Series on Religion. by Femi Biko Common...that the various religious systems were derived...Mbiti, African Religions and Philosophy...religious traditions and religion in the post-Akhenaton...difference between African and Western religious systems, or between...post-Aknenaton religions have systematically...
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African Foundations of World Religions

Magazine article by Femi Biko; New African, April 2001

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Africa--Religious aspects, Africans--Religious aspects, Religion--Origin, Spirituality--Africa

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

African Foundations of World Religions. by Femi Biko Easter is...Hajj. But where is the Africans celebration of their religion? In fact, they are said...Femi Biko shows that religious thoughts began where mankind...accepted that mankind began in Africa. It will, therefore, follow that religion began in Africa! But that...borrowed heavily from, African religion. Enjoy Part One...
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You Got a Right to the Tree of Life: African American Spirituals and Religions of the Diaspora

Magazine article by Rachel Elizabeth Harding; Cross Currents, Vol. 57, Summer 2007

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African diaspora--Religious aspects, Religion--Social aspects, Religious beliefs--Social aspects, Spirituals (Songs)--Evaluation

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Tree of Life: African American Spirituals and Religions of the Diaspora...Afro-Brazilian religion, Candomble...originally from Africa, had been slaves...of most of the religious traditions of...based in the African American struggle...African American religion, were created by enslaved Africans and their descendants...They are the religious form that has...in different religions all reflect a...
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African Foundations of World Religions

Magazine article; New African, July 2001

Subjects:

Africa--Religious aspects, Monotheism--History, Religion--History

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...rivalry of interest, religion serves as a passport...agreement in which religious teachers and texts...nothing worthy for Africa to renew, and the...in all spheres of African life. Whatever...than language, religion serves society as...contradictions. Religious sentiments are the...faith. In modern Africa, the cycles of...projects, the revealed religions. What then of the...Undoubtedly, African religious systems of contemporary...
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Ghana Does the African Have a Religion?

Magazine article by Chancellor Williams; New African, October 2002

Subjects:

Africans, Civilization, Western--International aspects, Civilization, Western--Religious aspects, Ghana--Religious aspects, Missionaries, Religion--Political aspects, Religion--Social aspects, Western culture--International aspects, Western culture--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

Ghana Does the African Have a Religion? by Chancellor...living. Ignorant of the Africans fundamental beliefs and...becoming more and more a Great Religion, it became more and more...were sent out to carry religion to lands more religious than their own, and to peoples whose religion was generally an actual...lives. In fact the native religions were nor, and are not...

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A SYSTEM OF BELIEF; How Old, How Big, How Divided? Your Pictorial Precis of the Religions That Make Our World Go Round

Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), March 21, 2010

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Religions--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...HINDUISM 900m adherents Folk religions cover a wide range of ancient, traditional religious practices, often inseparable...includes a number of distinct religious traditions such as Animism...and tribal and ethnic religions that rely largely on an...scripture. Chinese folk religion consists predominantly...forces. FOLK 700m adherents African religions refer not only...traditional religions of Africa, but also the religions...
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Belief in BBC Is like a Religion, Tribunal Rules

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 9, 2011

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Broadcasting industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Broadcasting industry--Religious aspects, Religion--Laws, regulations and rules, Religion--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Belief in BBC Is like a Religion, Tribunal Rules...Ellicott RULES to prevent religious discrimination can...wrongful dismissal. South African-born Mr Maistry...has filed a claim for religious or belief discrimination...gives to followers of religious faiths. It is not...broadcasting was the same as a religion was absurd. Its lawyer...
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Belief in BBC Is like a Religion, Tribunal Rules

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), May 9, 2011

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Broadcasting industry--Laws, regulations and rules, Broadcasting industry--Religious aspects, Religion--Laws, regulations and rules, Religion--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Belief in BBC Is like a Religion, Tribunal Rules...Ellicott RULES to prevent religious discrimination can...wrongful dismissal. South African-born Mr Maistry...has filed a claim for religious or belief discrimination...gives to followers of religious faiths. It is not...broadcasting was the same as a religion was absurd. Its lawyer...
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Religious Diversity from the Infidel; RELIGION Is an Area Where Most People Tread Carefully. Not So David Baddiel, Who Tells DAVID WHETSTONE Why a Hapless Jewish Muslim Is the Hero of His New Film

Newspaper article; The Journal (Newcastle, England), April 22, 2010

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Motion pictures, Movies, Muslims

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Religious Diversity from the Infidel; RELIGION Is an Area Where Most People Tread...frightened of stuff that might be religious, Im hoping we can show them theres...going to the World Cup in South Africa to do a podcast. "Well go to...
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Moroccans Have Two Religions ...One Is Called Football; OUT OF AFRICA: SOUND FAMILIAR? THEY ARE A LITTLE COUNTRY WHO THINK THEY ARE ON THE VERGE OF GLORY IN THE WORLD CUP

Newspaper article by Bob Shields; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), June 22, 1998

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Moroccans Have Two Religions ...One Is Called Football; OUT OF AFRICA: SOUND FAMILIAR? THEY ARE...flying visit to the North African country and found its capital...round ball can bounce through religious differences and across cultural...have beaten the best sides in Africa to be ranked 11th in the world...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: (religion OR religions OR religious) AND (africa OR african)

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Magic , in Religion and Superstition

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...religion and superstition in religion and superstition, the practice...within its scope elements of religion and science. In alchemy...used in conjunction; certain African tribespeople will build a clay...Malinowski, Magic, Science, and Religion (1948); M. Bouisson, Magic...
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Religion

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...animism ). A second type of religion, represented by many Oceanic and African tribal beliefs, includes...In a third class of religion usually heavily interlaced...more elementary forms of religious expression there are what...commonly called the "higher religions." Theologians and philosophers of religion agree that these religions...
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South Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Natal by 1552. Colonialism and African-European Relations Although European vessels frequently passed by South Africa on their way to E Africa and India...Europeans land for farms, and brought in Africans (from W and E Africa) and Malays...number of independent homelands for African ethnic groups. Black South Africans had long protested their inferior...through organizations such as the African National Congress (ANC; founded...Industrial and Commercial Workers Union of Africa (founded 1919 by Clements Kadalie...
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Central African Republic

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC republic (2005...622,983 sq km), central Africa. The landlocked nation is...population practices traditional religions, 50% are Christian, and...Evolution Movement of Black Africa MESAN, had been killed in...crash in 1959.) The Central African Republic had a parliamentary...Political Leadership in Africa (1967); P. Kalck, Central African Republic (tr. 1971) and...
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Mozambique , Country, Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...of European, mixed African and European, and...follow traditional religious beliefs, and another...work abroad in South African mines. Mozambiques...is exported to South Africa. A smaller hydroelectric...especially after 1600) in E Africa was in the Mocambique...killed in fighting with Africans. In the late 16th...of their presence on African society was mainly...

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