African Traditional Religions in Contemporary Society by Jacob Obafoemi Koehinde Olupoona

African Traditional Religions in Contemporary Society by Jacob Obafoemi Koehinde Olupoona

Once relegated to the realm of primitive and stigmatized as pagan, today there is a new acknowledgment of the importance of African traditional religions, especially in its stress on folk practices, communal values, and personal relationships.

This volume of fourteen chapters examines the nature, structure, and significance of African traditional religion(s) as dynamic, changing tradition(s). It analyzes and interprets several significant aspects of African religions and explores their possible contributions to national development and the modernization process. It also examines the impact of social change on African religion today. The contributors are scholars from several disciplines (anthropology, sociology, history of religions, theology, literature and the arts); yet, in analysis and interpretation of their data, they all take transcendence and the sacred in African thought very seriously. The newness of this approach is in treating African traditional religion not as a fossil but rather as one of the most important building blocks of modern African life.

Jacob K. Olupona is professor of African religious traditions at Harvard Divinity School and professor of African and African American studies in the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Harvard University. He is the author and editor of many books, including African Spirituality, Beyond Primitivism, and African Traditional Religions in Contemporary Society. Terry Rey is associate professor of religion at Temple University. He is the author of Our Lady of Class Struggle: The Cult of the Virgin Mary in Haiti and Bourdieu on Religion.

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ISBN 13	9780892260799
ISBN 10	0892260793
Title	African Traditional Religions in Contemporary Society
Author	Jacob Obafoemi Koehinde Olupoona
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Roundhouse Publishing Ltd
Year published	1998-02-01
Number of pages	204
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