The individual and community in African traditional religions.

The individual and community in African traditional religions.

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Sundermeier, Theo.
Imprint:	Hamburg : Lit Verlag ; New Brunswick : Distributed in North America by Transaction Publishers, [1998]
Description:	vi, 258 p. ; 21 cm.
Language:	English
Series:	Beiträge zur Missionswissenschaft und interkulturellen Theologie ; Bd. 6
Subject:	Religion. Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Religious life and customs. Africa, Sub-Saharan.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4252646

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ISBN:	3894739371

Table of Contents:

Introduction: "Primitive" Religions?
I. African Consciousness
1. Body and soul
2. Life
3. The Word
4. Space and time
5. Analogous participation
6. Forming symbols
7. Participatory thinking
II. Rituals
1. Rites of passage
2. Circumcision
3. Marriage
4. Mourning rituals
5. Daily life and survival - hunting
6. The Smith
7. Tools
III. The Dependent Human Being
1. Attachment to animals
2. Veneration of the ancestors
3. Spirit Possession
4. Uncontained and Unconditional
IV. Ethics
1. Reverence for your neighbour
2. Evil
3. Bringers of evil - witches and sorcerers
4. Defenders of morality - diviners and medicine-men
5. Guardians of the law - secret societies
6. Women in African Religions / Renate Sundermeier
7. Social transformation. Conclusion: Dialogue with Traditional Religions?