Table of Contents

Preface1.Introduction2.The Study of African Religions and Philosophy3.The Concept of Time as a Key to the Understanding and Interpretation of African Religions and Philosophy4.The Nature of God5.The Works of God6.God and Nature7.The Worship of God8.Spiritual Beings, Spirits and the Living-Dead9.The Creation and Original State of Man10.Ethnic Groups, Kinship and The Individual11.Birth and Childhood12.Initiation and Puberty Rites13.Marriage and Procreation14.Death and the Hereafter15.Specialists: Medicine-Men, Rainmakers, Kings and Priests16.Mystical Power, Magic, Witchcraft and Sorcery17.The Concepts of Evil, Ethics and Justice18.Changing Man and His Problems19.Christianity, Islam and Other Religions in Africa20.The Search for New Values, Identity and SecuritySelect BibiliographyAppendix: Supplementary Select BibliographyIndexesMap and list of African peoples mentioned in this book

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A systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief which have evolved in the many societies of Africa. The book covers the involvement of women in religion and the potential unity found in what was once thought to be a mass of quite separate religions.