Contextualizing eschatology in African cultural and religious beliefs. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Ibigbolade Simon Aderibigbe.
• Authors: Aderibigbe, Gbola
• Contents: 1. Introductory: Universal concepts of Eschatology: Definitions, Developmental Explanations and Beliefs in Major Religious Traditions 2. Eschatology in African Traditional Cultural and Religious Worldviews: General Overview 3. Cosmological and Ontological Prelude to African Eschatology: The Dynamics of Creation and Nature of the Universe and Humans. 4. Human Nature, Rites of Passage, Death, and Funeral Rites: "Gateways" to African Eschatological Beliefs and Practices 5. The Afterlife, Ancestral Cult, and African Eschatology 6. Reincarnation and African Eschatological Paradigms 7. End-Times: Of Final Judgment and End of Cosmos in African Eschatological Prism 8. Contemporary Influences, Future of African Concept of Eschatology and Conclusion
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: London : Routledge
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 236.096; Eschatology; Africa -- Religion; Africa -- Religious life and customs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351032964; 9781351032971; 9781351032957; 9781351032988
• Related ISBNs: 9781138491434
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