Religious beliefs and knowledge systems in Africa. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Toyin Falola and Nicole Griffin.
• Authors: Falola, Toyin; Griffin, Nicole K
• Contents: Acknowledgement Preface 1.Introduction: Beliefs and Knowledge Systems: Power, Eurocentricity, and Bias <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part I: African Worldview and Knowledge Systems 2. Witchcraft as Ideology and Knowledge 3. Elderhood and Ancestorhood as Ideas and Beliefs 4. Ifa Divination and Society <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part II: World Religions and Knowledge Systems 5. Quranic Epistemology 6. Biblical Epistemology 7. Pentecostalism and its knowledge system <span style="font-weight:bold;">Part III: Kingship Ideologies and Epistemologies 8. Kingship: Ideology and Epistemologies 9. Sacred Kingship: Power, Politics and Ritual Knowledge 10. Kingship and Creativity <span style="font-weight:bold;">Conclusion 11. Rethinking the disciplines: <span style="font-weight:bold;"> Africanity and Belief Systems
• Publisher Details: Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 200.96; Ethnoscience -- Africa; Africa -- Religion; Africa -- Religious life and customs
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781538150252
• Related ISBNs: 9781538150245
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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