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Comparative historical and interpretative study of religions /
Comparative Historical and Interpretative Study of Religions, is a historical and interpretative study of religions. The work provides a thorough methodological discussion on specific themes, historical figures and movements in Religious Studies. It delves into other themes such as the concepts of G...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lagos :
Malthouse Press,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Chapter I. Religious Experience and expression; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 What is a Religious experience?; 1.3 The manifestation of the Sacred; 1.4 The object of apprehension in religious experience; 1.5 Indigenous experience of Deity; Conclusion; Chapter II. History of Religions; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 The primordial nature of religion; 2.3 Stages of religious development; 2.4 The higher religions; 2.5 Conclusion; Chapter III. Early Christian Church to 451 AD; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The formation and growth of the early church.
- 3.3 The church in conflict3.4 Early heresies; 3.5 The Apologists and early Catholic fathers; 3.6 Persecutions and ecumenical councils; 3.7 The church after Nicaea; Chapter IV. Methodological problems in the study of African traditional religions; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 The study of African traditional religions; Conclusion; Chapter V God and man in African traditional religions; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 God in African traditional religions; 5.3 The worship of God; 5.4 The phenomenon in Urhoboland; Chapter VI. The relevance of the divinities in African traditional religions; 6.1 Introduction.
- 6.2 Focus on African traditional religions6.3 Divinities in Urhobo traditional religion; 6.4 Ancestors as core of Divinity in Urhoboland; 6.5 Orha, Edjorawha and Edjorame; Concluding remarks; Chapter VII. Evil spirits and mysterious forces in Africa; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Evil spirits in Urhobo religion; 7.3 Mysterious forces; 7.4 Redressive or rituals of affliction; Chapter VIII. Pollution in African and Biblical traditions; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 The concepts of taboo and pollution in African traditional religions; 8.3 Totams and taboos in Biblical traditions.
- 8.4 Evaluations of taboos in African and Biblical traditionsConcluding remarks; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover.