Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora

Herausgegeben:Medine, Carolyn M. Jones; Aderibigbe, Ibigbolade S.; Loparo, Kenneth A.

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Produktbeschreibung

Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora explores African derived religions in a globalized world. The volume focuses on the continent, on African identity in globalization, and on African religion in cultural change.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan / Palgrave Macmillan US / Springer Palgrave Macmillan
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-137-50051-9
• 1st ed. 2015
• Seitenzahl: 285
• Erscheinungstermin: 12. Oktober 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 597g
• ISBN-13: 9781137500519
• ISBN-10: 1137500514
• Artikelnr.: 42850146

Autorenporträt

Maha Marouan, University of Alabama, USA Abioje P. O., University of Ilorin, Nigeria Adeboye Muhammed Akanbi Nurudeen, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Rotimi Omotoye, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Francis Olajide, Ekiti State University, Nigeria Rotimi Omotoye, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Adepju Jhonson-Bashua, Lagos State University, Nigeria Oguntola Laguda, Lagos State University, Nigeria Carolyn Medine, University of Georgia, USA David Olali, Claremont Graduate University, USA Kidogo Kennedy, University of Southern California, USA Melaine L. Harris, Texas Christian University, USA Robert Y. Owusu, Clark Atlanta University, USA Danielle Boaz, Drake University, USA Yushau Sodiq, Texas Christian University, USA

Inhaltsangabe

PART I: RELIGIOUS TRADITIONS IN AFRICA
1. African Religion (AFREL) General Issues; Ibigbolade Aderibigbe
2. African Religious Beliefs and Practices: Trends in World Religious
Views; Maha Marouan
3. Christianity in Contemporary African Religious Space; Abioje P. O.
4. Islam and contemporary African Societies; Adeboye Muhammed Akanbi
Nurudeen
5. Modern Trends in the Teaching of African Religion in the Twenty-first
Century - Conceptual Decolonization; Rotimi Omotoye
6. African Religion in the 21st century: In search of Philosophical
Relevance; Francis Olajide
7. African Religion and Health Care Delivery in Africa; Kelvin Onongha
8. Africa Religion and the Environment; Rotimi Omotoye
9. Divination, Spirit Possession and Healing among African Religious
Movements; Adepju Jhonson-Bashua
10. Mythology of Rituals and Sacrifice among African Religious Movements in
the Twenty-first Century; Oguntola Laguda
PART II: AFRICAN-DERIVED RELIGIONS IN DIASPORA (THE AMERICAS)
11. Afro-Brazilian Religious Symbiosis: Origin, Transportation, Syncretic
Beliefs and Practices; Atere
12. Arts and Music in African Derived Diaspora Religions; Okunade
13. Issues in Teaching African Diaspora Religions: The Double
Consciousness; Carolyn Medine
14. Finding Homes in Foreign Lands: Initiation and Spirit possession in
Santeria, Candomble, and Voudou; Ibigbolade Aderibigbe
15. Mythology of Rituals and Sacrifices in African-Derived Diaspora
Religions; Osiei
PART III: IMMIGRANTS AND MIGRATED RELIGIONS IN NORTH AMERICA
16. African (Yoruba) Religion (AFREL) Beliefs and Practices in a Selected
Community in United States; David Olali and Kidogo Kennedy
17. Eyes Open (Creating) Womanist Discourse and Mascunity and the Questions
of Socio-Religious Emancipation; Melaine L. Harris
18. African-Initiated Churches and African Immigrants in United States: A
Model in The Redeemed Christian Church of God North America (RCCGNA);
Ibigbolade Aderibigbe
19. Socio-Religious Agencies of Santeria Religion in United States; Robert
Y. Owusu
20. Socio-Religious Dynamics of Voodoo Religion: Exploration of Legal
Realities in a Voodoo Practicing Community in United States; Danielle Boaz
21. Islamic Communities in United States Issues of Religious and
Socio-Political Identity; Yushau Sodiq

Rezensionen

'This a significant collection, which engages broad and significant issues regarding religion and religious practices. The editors are to be commended for bringing this number and variety of authors together around a subject still in need of examination.' - Jualynne E. Dodson, Professor, Department of Sociology and the Graduate Program in African American & African Studies, Michigan State University, USA

'This is welcome introduction to current research and critical analysis of the religious traditions in Africa and the African diaspora. The contributors note the historic, philosophical, socio-cultural, moral, and legal implications of religions rooted in African realities and their rich and varied groundings in the diaspora. This book will be a valuable tool for many, especially students of the new African diaspora who have to welcome and appreciate learning and 'singing [the divine message and song] in a strange land.' - Elias Kifon Bongmba, Harry and Hazel Chair in Christian Theology, Professor of Religion, and President of the African Association for the Study of Religion, Rice University, USA