Comparing Religions: A Limitative Approach : : An Analysis of Akan, Para-Creole, and IFO-Sananda Rites and Prayers / / J. G. Platvoet.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies <1990
• VerfasserIn: Platvoet, J. G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2011]; ©1982
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: Reprint 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Reason : Theory in the Study of Religion , 24
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (350 p.)
• Other title: i-iv --; Preface --; Contents --; PART ONE: Methodology: From Unlimited to Limitative Comparison --; 1. Objective Intention and Subjective Involvement --; 2. A Limitative Approach to the Comparative Study of Religions: Its Genesis and Tools --; PART TWO: The Limitative Method Applied: A Comparative Study of some Akan, Para-Creole, and IFO-Sananda Rites --; 3. The Wider Settings of the Three Rites --; 4. The Authors --; 5. An Akan Ritual Process: The Nkyi-Dwo Rite of 1921 at Asumegya --; 6. An Afro-Surinamese Ritual Process: A Para-Creole Purification Rite --; 7. An IFO-Sananda Religious Process: The Meeting of the 'Seekers' on 21 November 1954 --; 8. The Three Processes Compared --; 9. The Structure of some Akan and Para-Creole Prayers --; 10. Conclusion --; Appendix: Denteh's Interpretation of the Nkyi-Dwo Rite --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Glossary of Twi Words --; Glossary of Sranan-Tongo Words --; Glossary of IFO-Sananda Words --; Glossary of Abbreviations and Technical Terms --; Index of Authors --; Index of Subjects
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110821819; 9783110638103
• ISSN: 0080-0848
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110821819
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: J. G. Platvoet.