TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mbiti,John S.
AU  - Theol,D.
TI  - African religions & philosophy
SN  - 9780435895914 (pbk.) :
AV  - BL2462.5 .M36 1990
PY  - 1990///
CY  - Oxford, UK, Portsmouth, N.H., UK
PB  - Heinemann
KW  - Philosophy, African
KW  - Africa, Sub-Saharan
KW  - Religion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-278) and indexes; Introduction -- The study of African religions and philosophy -- The concept of time as a key to the understanding and interpretation of African religions and philosophy -- The nature of God -- The works of God -- God and nature -- The worship of God -- Spiritual beings, spirits and the living-dead -- The creation and original state of man -- Ethnic groups, kinship and the individual -- Birth and childhood -- Initiation and puberty rites -- Marriage and procreation -- death and the hereafter -- Specialists: medicine-men, rainmakers, kings and priests -- Mystical power, magic, witchcraft and sorcery -- The concepts of evil, wthics and justice -- Changing man and his problems -- Christianity, Islam and other religions in Africa -- The search for new values, identity and security
ER  -