Religious Beliefs and Knowledge Systems in Africa
Author:   Toyin Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA) ,  Nicole Griffin
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
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Pages:   354
Publication Date:   03 April 2023
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Author:   Toyin Falola (University of Texas at Austin, USA) ,  Nicole Griffin
Publisher:   Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Imprint:   Rowman & Littlefield
Dimensions:   Width: 15.10cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.562kg
ISBN:  

9781538150269


ISBN 10:   1538150263
Pages:   354
Publication Date:   03 April 2023
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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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

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Religious Beliefs and Knowledge Systems in Africa is an intensive interdisciplinary and scholarly work that connects both epistemology and religion in African Studies. -- Samson O. Ijaola, Senior Lecturer, Samuel Adegboyega University


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Toyin Falola is Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair Professor in the Humanities and a Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Austin. Nicole Griffin is an international early childhood education specialist with an interest in African Studies. She has worked at various education projects in Tanzania and is currently a graduate student at University College London.

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