Hlumelo Biko

The God in Us (eBook, ePUB)

How African Spirituality Ignited World Religion and Global Civilisation

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This book traces the unitary source of all of the world's major religions. The author's analysis of world religions or faiths adopts a multi-interdisciplinary approach taking the reader through historical, anthropological, archaeological, and theological viewpoints to make juxtapositions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 178
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Juni 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040038635
• Artikelnr.: 69942873

Autorenporträt

Hlumelo Biko

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction and background
1. Africans and the Divine
2. African Pantheism and the Sanatan Dharma
3. The Old Testament and its African roots
4. Understanding the origins and development of pantheism
5. Who created the universe? Energy of Light, the Demiurge or God?
6. Gnosticism and the testimony of Jesus
7. The rise and fall from grace of the Catholic Church
8. The spiritual scramble for Africa
9. Case Studies, Part One (Ethiopia, Bukongo and Akan)
10. Missionary Motives, Cultural Reproduction and Case Studies, Part Two
11. Conclusion
Index