Religious Plurality in Africa : : Essays in Honour of John S. Mbiti / / ed. by Jacob K. Olupona, Sulayman S. Nyang.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Theology and Religious Studies 1990 - 1999
• MitwirkendeR: Appiah-Kubi, Kofi,; Bediako, Kwame,; Booth, Newell S.,; Byaruhanga-Akiiki, A.B.T.,; Ferguson, John,; Greschat, Hans-Jürgen,; Hollenweger, Walter J.,; Kalu, Ogbu U.,; McKenzie, Peter R.,; Nyang, Sulayman S.,; Oder Oruka, H.,; Oduyoye, Mercy A.,; Olupona, Jacob K.,; Oosthuizen, Gerhardus C.,; Opoku, Kofi Asare,; Pobee, John S.,; Setiloane, Gabriel M.,; Von Sicard, Sigvard,; Weber, Hans-Ruedi,; Westerlund, David,; Zwi Werbloxvsky, R. J.,
• HerausgeberIn: Nyang, Sulayman S.,; Olupona, Jacob K.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2013]; ©1993
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Religion and Society , 32
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (455 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Acknowledgements --; Foreword: Listening to Africa --; Preface: Religious plurality in Africa --; Table of Contents --; A biographical sketch --; Introduction: Issues and perspectives on religious plurality in Africa --; I The Study of African Traditional Religion --; The study of African religions in retrospect from “Westernization” to “Africanization”? --; African traditional religion: An enduring heritage --; Time and African beliefs revisited --; Traditional African healing system versus Western medicine in Southern Ghana: An encounter --; Gods as policemen: Religion and social control in Igboland --; II African Theology --; African theology revisited --; Civil authority — From the perspective of African Theology --; The Bible and oral tradition --; III Africa and Christianity --; Africa and Christianity: Domestication of Christian values in the African church --; African independent churches and theological scholarship in Germany --; The issue of social justice and order in Africa --; IV Africa and Some World Religions --; Islamic revivalism in West Africa: Historical perspectives and recent developments --; Christian-Muslim relations in Africa --; The place and role of India's religions in Africa --; Africa and Judaism: Retrospect, problems, and prospects --; V Responses to John Mbiti’s work --; Mbiti’s work on African religion as reflected in the perceptions of students in a British university --; A critique of Mbiti’s view on love and marriage in Africa --; John Mbiti’s contribution to African theology --; John Mbiti’s contribution to African philosophy --; Bibliography --; Notes on contributors --; Subject Index --; Index of Names and Authors
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9783110850079; 9783110638110
• ISSN: 1437-5370
• DOI: 10.1515/9783110850079
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Jacob K. Olupona, Sulayman S. Nyang.