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African traditional religion

Call Number

  • 299.6 L951.1 (CEN)

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Edition

3rd ed.

Publication Information

New York : Chelsea House Publishers, c2009.

Physical Description

144 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.

Summary

Explores the many manifestations of African religious belief and their expressions, in the past and in the present, as well as the hopes for the future.

Notes

Chelsea House and Facts on File are both imprints of Infobase Publishing.

Contents

  • Introduction: Africa and its people
  • The beginning of time: the oral tradition
  • The supreme being
  • The spirit world
  • Rites and ritual in African religion
  • Sacred spaces and places
  • Mystical forces
  • African religion in today's world
  • African religion past, present, and future.

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