Contemporary perspectives on religions in Africa and the African diaspora / / edited by Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe and Carolyn M. Jones Medine.

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Place / Publishing House:New York : : Palgrave Macmillan,, 2015.
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (297 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Religious traditions in Africa: an overview of origins, basic beliefs and practices / Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe
  • Modern trends in the teaching of African religion in the 21st century: conceptual decolonization / Rotimi Williams Omotoye
  • African religion in 21st century and the search for philosophical relevance / Francis Adewale Olajide
  • African religious movements and pentecostalism: the model of Ijo-Orunmila, Ato / Oguntola Oye-Laguda
  • African religion and health care delivery in Africa / Kelvin Onongha
  • Some ethical reflections on African indigenous religion and Christianity / Rotimi Williams Omotoye
  • Christianity in contemporary African religious space / Pius Oyeniran Abioje
  • Islam in contemporary African society / R. Ibrahim Adebayo
  • African derived religions in diaspora: an overview / M. I. Oguntoyinbo-Atere
  • Art and music in African derived diaspora religions / Adeoluwa Okunade
  • Sojourner Truth, hybrid identity, and multi-vocal text / Carolyn M. Jones Medine
  • Womanist spirituality: legacies of freedom / Melanie L. Harris
  • Initiation and possession in Santeria, Candomble, and Voudou / Umesh Patel
  • Mythology of rituals and sacrifices in African-derived diaspora religions / Osei A. Mensah
  • Socio-religious agencies of Santeria religions in the United States of America / Robert Y. Owusu
  • Modern legal issues in the practice of African diaspora religions / Danielle Boaz
  • African religious systems in the context of world religions: challenges for the American scholars / Maha Marouan
  • African initiated churches and African immigrants in the United States: a model in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, North America (RCCGNA) / Ibigbolade Aderibigbe
  • Islamic communities in the United States: issues of religion and political identity / Yushau Sodiq.