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.)

Table of Contents

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