Concepts of God in Africa
Author: John S. Mbiti
Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 374
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Author: John S. Mbiti
Publisher: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 374
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Essien, Essien D.
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2021-01-29
Total Pages: 298
ISBN-13: 1799845966
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThere is an interesting knowledge trajectory that God remains incomprehensible, not imperceptible. This lends credence to the fact that religious study since the Enlightenment has dedicated itself almost entirely to the problem of reconciling the non-existence of God in the physical world with his necessary existence in the metaphysical world. When seriously examined, it would be discovered that these two aspects are logically contradictory, and this is a problem with no solution. But interpreting God not as a physical being but as a phenomenological thing changes the nature of the problem enough that a solution emerges almost automatically. In this phenomenological model, the crux of the matter is that God does not exist, but God is real. Therefore, it is imperative to return to experience and verifiability, hence, purging it of unexamined and often hidden assumptions. Phenomenological Approaches to Religion and Spirituality brings together the different disciplines and research approaches to provide a comprehensive analysis of the phenomenology of God and spirituality, as well as offering an effective epistemological apparatus capable of dealing with this concept. The book employs multidisciplinary approaches from religious studies, theology, philosophy, anthropology, and other segments to dissect the subject matter for efficient evaluation and all-inclusive findings. While covering various aspects of religion such as the testaments of the Bible, the church, the religious experience, and various aspects of spirituality, this book is intended for theologians, philosophers, religious leaders, policymakers, academicians, researchers, students, public institutions, and agencies with a special interest in religious matters, values, knowledge, and truth.
Author: S. O. Onyeidu
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 54
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Malcolm J. McVeigh
Publisher:
Published: 1974
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCombines clarity and simplicity of style with intuitive and scholarly depth, bringing the Christian and African concepts of God into focus.
Author: Jacob K. Olupona
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 177
ISBN-13: 0199790582
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.
Author: Gwinyai H. Muzorewa
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Published: 2014-10-29
Total Pages: 117
ISBN-13: 1620323109
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAfrican Origins of Monotheism recasts an African knowledge of God in a new and original way. It aims to recapture concepts of God as originally reflected upon by pristine African religious thinkers. Muzorewa is seeking after the traditional African understandings of the Divine, which trace their origins back before the rise of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Monotheism, he maintains, is the ancient view of God, ubiquitous across the continent of Africa; indeed, monotheism comes "out of Africa." The book challenges the way that the idea of God has been manipulated by Eurocentric agendas, by colonizers, enslavers, and empire builders, all of whom were using God-talk to achieve their own personal ends. In African thinking, the God concept is guided by a sense of the presence of the all-pervasive and omnipresent God, which has instilled in the people a sense of respect for life at all costs. Thus, respect is not based on a commandment or on fear but on a propensity for affinity.
Author: John Samuel Mbiti
Publisher:
Published: 1975
Total Pages: 348
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Henry Owino Kombo
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2007-05-30
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9047420225
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Christian faith knows and worships one God, who is revealed in the Son and in the Holy Spirit. This is the meaning of the doctrine of the Trinity in Christian thought. Although Christian orthodoxy defines the doctrine of the Trinity, the intellectual tools used to capture it significantly vary. At different times and in different places, Western Christianity has, for instance, used neo-Platonism, German Idealism, and the conceptual tools of the second-century Greeks. Taking elements from the known African intellectual framework, this book argues that for African Christians, the respective pre-Christian African understanding of God and the Ntu-metaphysics, in particular, function as conceptual gates for an attempt towards articulating the Trinity for African Christian audiences.
Author: Doyle D. Gilliam
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Published: 1967
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John S. Mbiti
Publisher: Heinemann
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780435895914
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"African Religions and Philosophy" is a systematic study of the attitudes of mind and belief that have evolved in the many societies of Africa. In this second edition, Dr Mbiti has updated his material to include the involvement of women in religion, and the potential unity to be found in what was once thought to be a mass of quite separate religions. Mbiti adds a new dimension to the understanding of the history, thinking, and life throughout the African continent. Religion is approached from an African point of view but is as accessible to readers who belong to non-African societies as it is to those who have grown up in African nations. Since its first publication, this book has become acknowledged as the standard work in the field of study, and it is essential reading for anyone concerned with African religion, history, philosophy, anthropology or general African studies.