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Books on: african religions

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Black Magic: Religion and the African American Conjuring Tradition

Book by Yvonne P. Chireau; University of California Press, 2003

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African Americans--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Daryll Forde, ed., African Worlds: Studies in...Worlds; Ray, African Religions; and Zuesse, Ritual...John Mbiti, African Religions and Philosophy (Garden...in Afro-American Religion (Garden City, N...collective activity; religion recognizes a moral...who served the Danish African Company on the Gold...He concluded that Africans generally used o...
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Reclaiming African Religions in Trinidad: The Socio-Political Legitimation of the Orisha and Spiritual Baptist Faiths

Book by Frances Henry; University Press of the West Indies, 2003

Subjects:

Africans--Trinidad And Tobago--Religion, Orishas--Trinidad And Tobago, Spiritual Baptists--Trinidad And Tobago, Trinidad And Tobago--Religion

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...who noted that a cult is a religion with no political power...consciousness. In former times African religions were despised, feared and...transformation of the Orisha religion is spearheaded by Afrocentric...equal opportunity for all religions practised in the country...
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Honoring the Ancestors: An African Cultural Interpretation of Black Religion and Literature

Book by Donald H. Matthews; Oxford University Press, 1998

Subjects:

African Americans--Religion, Black Theology, Spirituals (Songs)--History And Criticism

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...modern society as long as African religious views led whites...Structure and African American Religion DuBois and Hurston were concerned...feeling in African American religion. In their work, we find...constituent of African American religion. DuBois and Hurston outlined...their ethnography of African religions. Students of anthropology...
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Teaching African American Religions

Book by Carolyn M. Jones, Theodore Louis Trost; Oxford University Press, 2005

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African Americans--Religion--Study And Teaching

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Entire Library

13 Teaching African Religions at a Traditionally White...As We Are Known Teaching African American Religions is an exercise in love. I love Africans and I love teaching. What...and broken members of the African Diaspora looking for missing...
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Oedipus and Job in West African Religion

Book by Meyer Fortes; University Press, 1959

Subjects:

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

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...religious systems of many West African peoples. Indeed one of the...characteristic marks of West African religions, as compared with other African religions e.g. East and South Africa n Bantu religions in which ancestor-worship...Hastings Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics .

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Journal Articles on: african religions

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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

Subjects:

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

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

...phrase "African religion" may also apply...and Traditional African Religion. This is the approach...book, Africas Three Religions. (1) Otherwise...are "foreign" to Africans and that African...conducted by indigenous Africans up to the present...definition here, African religion refers to an indigenous...As in other primal religions, one is born into...
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Rethinking African Religions: African Americans, Afro-latinos, Latinos, and Afro-cuban Religions in Chicago

Journal article by Jadele McPherson; Afro - Hispanic Review, Vol. 26, 2007

Subjects:

African Americans, African history, Cultural identity, Ideology, Narratives, Native North Americans, Religion, Slave trade, States, Urban areas

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...recognizes that enslaved Yoruba Africans were not just brought to Cuba...Diaspora. In Afro-Cuban religions, ancestry is a pivotal concept...privileges the Yoruba and Congo as African ethnic legacies. These ethnicities...have become associated with African cultural "survivals" in...Yoruba and Congo enslaved Africans brought to Cuba and Puerto...
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The African Religions of Brazil: Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations

Journal article by John A. Coleman; Theological Studies, Vol. 69, 2008

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Books--Book reviews, The African Religions of Brazil: Toward a Sociology of the Interpenetration of Civilizations (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...ritual, and dance. The African gods (Ogun, Shango...also wiped out family religions among the blacks. But candomble (a name for African religions in Bahia and the sanctuaries...analogue of African village religion. Elements of original...
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African Immigrant Religions in America

Journal article by Nathaniel Samuel Murrell; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 93, 2008

Subjects:

African Immigrant Religions in America (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...communities around religion and ethnic distinctions...newly arrived West Africans "minorities within...communities. In "African Muslims in the United...scholars ask: Why have African immigrant churches...the study of black religion in the United States...descendants of enslaved Africans and African Americans to write...
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Jason R. Young, Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in Kongo and the Lowcountry South in the Era of Slavery

Journal article by Sergio Lussana; The Journal of African American History, Vol. 94, 2009

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Books--Book reviews, Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in Kongo and the Lowcountry South in the Era of Slavery (Nonfiction work)--Book reviews

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in Kongo and the Lowcountry...Rituals of Resistance: African Atlantic Religion in Kongo...that nearly 40 percent of Africans enslaved and brought to South...mere comparisons of various African ritual forms and their subsequent...

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Magazine Articles on: african religions

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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

Subjects:

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

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...African American religion, were created by enslaved Africans and their descendants...traditions among African Americans and...in different religions all reflect...ancestors. The Africans who came across...America, whose religion drew heavily...understandings from African ancestral traditions...tension with the Africans own sense of...Historian of religions, Charles H...meaning of Black religion across the...they faced. African American spirituals...
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Ghana Does the African Have a Religion?

Magazine article by Chancellor Williams; New African, October 2002

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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 Williams Conventional...1961 book, The Rebirth of African Civilisation, which was based...the shortest route to the African mind is through his religion...unrelated to our task--the African religion. For religion turned...of living. Ignorant of the Africans fundamental beliefs and the...
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African Foundations of World Religions

Magazine article by Femi Biko; New African, April 2001

Subjects:

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

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

African Foundations of World Religions. by Femi Biko Easter...But where is the Africans celebration of their religion? In fact, they are...borrowed heavily from, African religion. Enjoy Part...whatever definition, religion is an exclusively human...culture, the "political religions" were to supplant...
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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...2 of Our Series on Religion. by Femi Biko Common...Mbiti, African Religions and Philosophy, 53...religious traditions and religion in the post-Akhenaton...difference between African and Western religious...the post-Aknenaton religions have systematically...
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'God Will Hear Our Suffering': Cathy Majtenyi, Back from the Nuba Mountains, Tells How the Protracted War in Sudan Is about More Than Just Religion

Magazine article by Cathy Majtenyi; New African, March 2001

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Civil war--Sudan, Nuba (African people)--Social aspects, Sudan--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...Sudan Is about More Than Just Religion. by Cathy Majtenyi One of...followers of traditional religions in the South. These measures...followers of traditional African religions to Islam. It is really the...culture -- more so than the religion -- that motivates the Sudanese...

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Newspaper Articles on: african religions

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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

Subjects:

Religions--Religious aspects

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

...opposing forces. FOLK 700m adherents African religions refer not only to the traditional religions of Africa, but also the religions that have emerged in the Caribbean...Haitian Vodou (7m) is a combined religion involving a strong moral and social...
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When the Twin Religions of 'Global Warming' and Shopping Collide ..

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), November 6, 2009

Subjects:

Air pollution, Emissions (Pollution), Global warming, Religions

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

When the Twin Religions of Global Warming and Shopping Collide...that man-made climate change is a new religion. So I suppose it was only a matter...India pollutes with impunity and tinpot African states demand cynically that the West...outings? Sorry, but when the twin religions of shopping and global warming collide...
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Belief in BBC Is like a Religion, Tribunal Rules

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

Subjects:

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. Byline: Steve...Corporation for wrongful dismissal. South African-born Mr Maistry, who worked for...sector broadcasting was the same as a religion was absurd. Its lawyer, Tariq Sadiq...
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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. Byline: Steve...Corporation for wrongful dismissal. South African-born Mr Maistry, who worked for...sector broadcasting was the same as a religion was absurd. Its lawyer, Tariq Sadiq...
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THE DEVIL'S WORK?? Burned, Beaten, Cut with Knives.A New Police Report Claims That Child Abuse, and Even Murder, Is Practised in Some of Britain's African Churches. but What IS the Truth? the Mail Investigates

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 17, 2005

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

...Christianity and traditional African religions in an intoxicating - and some...belief among a small number of African parents that any misfortune...social worker and member of the African community in North London...the church exorcisms. Many African communities believe that a...Nigerian-born head of charity Africans Unite Against Child Abuse...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: african religions

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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

...density is low relative to other African nations, and the eastern portion...population practices traditional religions, 50% are Christian, and...are imported. The Central African Republics chief trading partners...away. Government The Central African Republic is governed under...
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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...spiritism ). In a third class of religion usually heavily interlaced...commonly called the "higher religions." Theologians and philosophers of religion agree that these religions...
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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

MAGIC , in religion and superstition in religion and superstition, the practice...combines within its scope elements of religion and science. In alchemy , for...are used in conjunction; certain African tribespeople will build a clay...
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South Africa

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...and followers of traditional African religions. Economy Until about 1870...political parties are the African National Congress, the predominantly...by 1552. Colonialism and African-European Relations Although...for farms, and brought in Africans (from W and E Africa) and...
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Bermuda

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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

...About 55% of Bermudas inhabitants are of African ancestry, descended from slaves brought to...British descent. English is spoken. The main religions are the Anglican, Roman Catholic, African Methodist Episcopal, and other Christian...

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