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001 2008472264
003 DLC
005 20120901081444.0
008 120831s1990 enkb b 001 0 eng
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050 00 $aBL2462.5$b.M36 1990b
100 1 $aMbiti, John S.
245 10 $aAfrican religions & philosophy /$cJohn S. Mbiti.
246 3 $aAfrican religions and philosophy
250 $a2nd rev. and enl. ed.
260 $aGaborone :$bHeinemann Education Botswana (Publishers) Pty) Ltd.,$c1990.
300 $axiv, 288 p. :$bmap ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 272-278) and index.
505 00 $gIntroduction --$tThe study of African religions and philosophy --$tThe concept of time as a key to the understanding and interpretation of African religions and philosophy --$tThe nature of God --$tThe works of God --$tGod and nature --$tThe worship of God --$tSpiritual beings, spirits and the living-dead --$tThe creation and original state of man --$tEthnic groups, kinship and the individual --$tBirth and childhood --$tInitiation and puberty rites --$tMarriage and procreation --$tDeath and the hereafter --$tSpecialists: medicine-men, rainmakers, kings, and priests --$tMystical power, magic, witchcraft, and sorcery --$tThe concepts of evil, ethics, and justice --$tChanging man and his problems --$tChristianity, Islam and other religions in Africa --$tThe search for new values, identity and security.
651 0 $aAfrica, Sub-Saharan$xReligion.
650 0 $aPhilosophy, African.