| Series |
Africa : past, present & prospects
Africa: past, present & prospects. ^A1418119
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| Contents |
Introduction: Beliefs and Knowledge Systems: Power, Eurocentricity, and Bias -- Witchcraft as Ideology and Knowledge -- Elderhood and Ancestorhood as Ideas and Beliefs -- Ifa Divination and Society -- Quranic Epistemology -- Biblical Epistemology -- Pentecostalism and its knowledge system -- Kingship: Ideology and Epistemologies -- Sacred Kingship: Power, Politics and Ritual Knowledge -- Kingship and Creativity -- Conclusion: Rethinking the disciplines: Africanity and Belief Systems. |
| Abstract |
"The book connects the logic and histories of religion, ideology and indigenous beliefs to understand knowledge systems in Africa and stimulate further research into specific disciplines"-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Falola, Toyin. Religious beliefs and knowledge systems in Africa Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2021 9781538150252 |
| LCCN | 2021019279 |
| ISBN | 9781538150245 |
| ISBN | 1538150247 |
| ISBN | 9781538150269 (paperback) |
| ISBN | 1538150263 |
| ISBN | (ebook) |
