Religious Beliefs and Knowledge Systems in...

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Beschreibung

The book connects the logic and histories of religion, ideology and indigenous beliefs to understand knowledge systems in Africa.

Über den Autor

Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at The University of Texas at Austin. A celebrated scholar of global stature, Prof. Falola has published numerous books and essays in diverse areas. He has received various awards and honours, including the Jean Holloway Award for Teaching Excellence, the Texas Exes Teaching Award and seven honorary doctorates. He is the Series Editor of "Carolina Studies on Africa and the Black World", among several others.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgement
Preface
1.Introduction: Beliefs and Knowledge Systems: Power, Eurocentricity, and Bias
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
Part II: World Religions and Knowledge Systems
5. Quranic Epistemology
6. Biblical Epistemology
7. Pentecostalism and its knowledge system
Part III: Kingship Ideologies and Epistemologies
8. Kingship: Ideology and Epistemologies
9. Sacred Kingship: Power, Politics and Ritual Knowledge
10. Kingship and Creativity
Conclusion
11. Rethinking the disciplines: Africanity and Belief Systems

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Importe , Politikwissenschaften
Rubrik:	Wissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781538150269
ISBN-10:	1538150263
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Falola, Toyin Griffin, Nicole
Hersteller:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 19 mm
Von/Mit:	Toyin Falola (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum:	03.04.2023
Gewicht:	0,516 kg