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Author: Anthony Lee
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2011-10-28
Total Pages: 293
ISBN-13: 9004206841
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOne million Baha'is live in africa. This is the first academic volume to explore the history of this movement on the continent. The book discusses the diverse and contractivory American, Iranian, British, and African contributions to this new religious movement.
Author: Anthony Lee
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2011-10-28
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9004226001
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn 1952, there were probably fewer than 200 Baha'is in all of Africa. Today the Baha'i community claims one million followers on the continent. Yet, the Baha'i presence in Africa has been all but ignored in academic studies up to now. This is the first monograph that addresses the establishment of this New Religious Movement in Africa. Discovering an African presence at the genesis of the religon in Iran, this study seeks to explain why the movement found an appeal in colonial Africa during the 1950s and early 1960. It also explores how the Baha'i faith was influenced and Africanized by its new converts. Finally, the book seeks to make sense of the diverse and contradictory American, Iranian, British, and African elements that established a new religion in Africa.
Author: Stephen Beebe
Publisher:
Published: 2020
Total Pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780853986294
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom the French Revolution to the 21st century, from the Tablets to the Kings to the institute process, this book offers a perspective on the significance of Bahá'u'lláh's Revelation for the spiritual empowerment of the masses as protagonists of their own advancement.
Author: Peter Smith
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2013-10-01
Total Pages: 357
ISBN-13: 1780744803
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by a well-known author in the field of Baha'i studies, this is a comprehensive and accessible encyclopedia to the youngest of the world religions. Regarded as the second most widespread faith after Christianity, with adherents in almost every country around the globe, the Baha'i faith is nevertheless unfamiliar to many. here Dr Smith traces the origins and development of the religion from 19th century Iran to the modern day, introducing its central figures and major historical events. combining breadth with a readable yet concise style, he provides a balanced overview of Baha'i scriptures, doctrines and practices, social teachings and organization. This reference work presents a clear and knowledgeable view of a fascinating new religion.
Author: Roy Richard Grinker
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2019-02-06
Total Pages: 483
ISBN-13: 1119251486
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn essential collection of scholarly essays on the anthropology of Africa, offering a thorough introduction to the most important topics in this evolving and diverse field of study The study of the cultures of Africa has been central to the methodological and theoretical development of anthropology as a discipline since the late 19th-century. As the anthropology of Africa has emerged as a distinct field of study, anthropologists working in this tradition have strived to build a disciplinary conversation that recognizes the diversity and complexity of modern and ancient African cultures while acknowledging the effects of historical anthropology on the present and future of the field of study. A Companion to the Anthropology of Africa is a collection of insightful essays covering the key questions and subjects in the contemporary anthropology of Africa with a key focus on addressing the topics that define the contemporary discipline. Written and edited by a team of leading cultural anthropologists, it is an ideal introduction to the most important topics in the field, both those that have consistently been a part of the critical dialogue and those that have emerged as the central questions of the discipline’s future. Beginning with essays on the enduring topics in the study of African cultures, A Companion to the Anthropology of Africa provides a foundation in the contemporary critical approach to subjects of longstanding interest. With these subjects as a groundwork, later essays address decolonization, the postcolonial experience, and questions of modern identity and definition, providing representation of the diverse thinking and scholarship in the modern anthropology of Africa.
Author: Charles Pelham Groves
Publisher:
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Lady Sara Blomfield
Publisher: Kalimat Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 150
ISBN-13: 9780933770829
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Christopher Buck
Publisher: Kalimat Press
Published: 2005
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9781890688387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Adrian Hastings
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1979-05-17
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 9780521222129
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe churches in Africa probably constitute the most important growth area for Christianity in the second half of the twentieth century. From being a number of rather tightly controlled 'mission fields' zealously guarded by the great missionary societies, Catholic and Protestant, they have emerged across the last decades in bewildering variety to selfhood, a membership of close on a hundred million adherents and an influential role both within their own societies and in the world Church. This book surveys the history of Christianity throughout sub-Saharan Africa during the third quarter of this century. It begins in 1950 at a time when the churches were still for the most part emphatically part of the colonial order and it takes the story on from there across the coming of political independence and the transformations of the 1960s and early 1970s.
Author: Gilad James, PhD
Publisher: Gilad James Mystery School
Published:
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 1671317998
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSierra Leone is a country located in West Africa, bordered to the north and northeast by Guinea, to the southeast by Liberia, and to the west and southwest by the Atlantic Ocean. The country has a tropical climate characterized by two seasons: the dry season from November to April, and the wet season from May to October. The official language is English, although Krio, a Creole language, is widely spoken. Sierra Leone has a diverse population made up of Temne, Mende, Limba, and Krio peoples, among others. Sierra Leone gained independence from Britain in 1961 and experienced a period of political instability and civil war, which lasted from 1991 to 2002. The civil war was fought between government forces and the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), a rebel group that aimed to overthrow the government. The conflict was characterized by violent attacks on civilians, including chopping off limbs, sexual violence, and the use of child soldiers. Since the end of the war, Sierra Leone has made progress in democratization and economic development, although it still faces challenges such as poverty, corruption, and high youth unemployment rates.
