Religious Conversion: An African Perspective

Religious Conversion: An African Perspective includes a selection of key texts which are not easily accessible elsewhere. Most of the chapters discuss the long-standing thesis of Robin Horton who argues that religious change results from social transformation. The contributors provide different pers...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : GADSDEN PUB, 2018.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Religion.
Conversion > Social aspects.
Conversion > Islam.
Conversion > Christianity.
Conversion.
RELIGION > Reference.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
Republic of South Africa.
Conversion > Christianisme.
Conversion > Aspect social > Afrique.
Conversion > Social aspects > Africa.
Africa.
Afrique > Religion.
Africa > Religion.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:Religious Conversion: An African Perspective includes a selection of key texts which are not easily accessible elsewhere. Most of the chapters discuss the long-standing thesis of Robin Horton who argues that religious change results from social transformation. The contributors provide different perspectives on what remains an ongoing provocative, though inconclusive debate. The book has chapters on conversion in Africa from such authorities as Robin Horton, Humphrey Fisher, and Richard Gray. It also contains chapters on Zambia by Elizaebeth Colson, Brendan Carmody, Austin Cheyeka, Felix Phiri and W Van Binsbergen. This collection of chapters provides an introduction to the discussion surrounding the query: Did the Christian and Muslim messages bring something fundamentally new to the African religious horizon? What has indigenisation meant? What is the role of traditional religion?
Physical Description:1 online resource (278 pages).
ISBN:9789982241168

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