Overview
This volume focuses on the interaction between post-conciliar Roman Catholicism and Asante religion of Ghana. The fusion between Christianity and Asante ways is examined, such as the reinterpretation of Christian values and figures in terms of Asante notions and traditions - for example, Jesus is reconfigured as Kurotwiamansa (leopard). Asante cultural history is explored, and the text shows how their religio-political institutions were affected during contact with European traders, missionaries and colonial authorities. Finally, the book discusses religious vocabulary, spirituality, theology, and the role of community during social and religious change.
Full Product Details
Author: Obeng
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Volume: 15
Dimensions:
Width: 16.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 0.625kg
ISBN: 9789004106314
ISBN 10: 9004106316
Pages: 244
Publication Date: 01 August 1996
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
'.. .an intruguing book for those interested in the interaction between two geat cosmologies and a most welcome addition to knowledge.'<br>Richard Rathbone, Catholic Mission Press, 1970.<br>' Pashington Obeng's study of Catholicism among the Asante, the most important ethnic group of ghana, is [] both timely and ground-breaking. Obeng's study is an excellent start in a field that will no doubt prove to be both exciting and fruitful for interdisciplinary scholars of African history, social anthropology, and religionthe piece is a vital contribution to the corpus of African contemporary religion; it not only gives the reader an important grasp of the transitions from a colonial church to a living, inculturated African universal church, but it offers some sound metholological initiatives for talking about African Christianity sociologically, historically, and phenomenologically.'<br>Jon P. Kirby, African Studies Review.<br>
'...an intruguing book for those interested in the interaction between two geat cosmologies and a most welcome addition to knowledge.' Richard Rathbone, Catholic Mission Press, 1970. 'Pashington Obeng's study of Catholicism among the Asante, the most important ethnic group of ghana, is [...] both timely and ground-breaking. Obeng's study is an excellent start in a field that will no doubt prove to be both exciting and fruitful for interdisciplinary scholars of African history, social anthropology, and religion...the piece is a vital contribution to the corpus of African contemporary religion; it not only gives the reader an important grasp of the transitions from a colonial church to a living, inculturated African universal church, but it offers some sound metholological initiatives for talking about African Christianity sociologically, historically, and phenomenologically.' Jon P. Kirby, African Studies Review.
Author Information
Pashington Obeng, Ph.D. (1991) in Religion and Culture in Modern Society, Boston University, is Assistant Professor of African Studies and teaches at Wellesley College and Harvard University. His published articles include an essay in the International Journal of African Historical Studies.
