Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora

✍ Scribed by Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe, Carolyn M. Jones Medine (eds.)

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US
Year: 2015
Tongue: English
Leaves: 283
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Introduction....Pages 1-5
Religious Traditions in Africa: An Overview of Origins, Basic Beliefs, and Practices....Pages 7-29
Modern Trends in the Teaching of African Religion in the Twenty-First Century: Conceptual Decolonization....Pages 31-39
African Religion in Twenty-First Century and the Search for Philosophical Relevance....Pages 41-47
African Religious Movements and Pentecostalism: The Model of Ijo-Orunmila, Ato....Pages 49-59
African Religion and Health Care Delivery in Africa....Pages 61-69
Religion and the Environment: Some Ethical Reflections on African Indigenous Religion and Christianity....Pages 71-78
Christianity in Contemporary African Religious Space....Pages 79-99
Islam in the Contemporary African Society....Pages 101-118
African-Derived Religions in Diaspora: An Overview....Pages 119-124
Arts and Music in African Derived Diaspora Religions....Pages 125-132
Women in the African Diaspora: Sojourner Truth, Hybrid Identity, and Multi-vocal Text....Pages 133-145
Womanist Spirituality: Legacies of Freedom....Pages 147-163
Finding Home in a Foreign Land: Initiation and Possession in Santería, Candomblé, and Voudou....Pages 165-177
Mythology of Rituals and Sacrifices in African-Derived Diaspora Religions....Pages 179-197
Socioreligious Agencies of Santería Religion in the United States of America....Pages 199-215
Modern Legal Issues in the Practice of African Diaspora Religions....Pages 217-234
African Religious Systems in the Context of World Religions: Challenges for the American Scholars....Pages 235-240
African Initiated Churches and African Immigrants in the United States: A Model in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, North America (RCCGNA)....Pages 241-258
Islamic Communities in the United States: Issues of Religion and Political Identity....Pages 259-274
Back Matter....Pages 275-285

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