The book connects the logic and histories of religion, ideology and indigenous beliefs to understand knowledge systems in Africa.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
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.
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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
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
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