An edition of The study of religions in Africa (1996)

The study of religions in Africa

past, present and prospects

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Cox, James
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Cover of: The study of religions in Africa
The study of religions in Africa: past, present and prospects
1996, Roots and Branches, Distributed by Almqvist & Wiksell
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Cover of: Study of religions in Africa
Study of religions in Africa: past, present and prospects / ed. by Jan Platvoet
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Table of Contents

Perspectives on the study of religions in sub-Saharan Africa / Jan G. Platvoet & Jacob K. Olupona
Intercultural strategies and the International Association for the History of Religions / Michael Pye
The religions of Africa in their historical order / Jan G. Platvoet
From object to subject: a history of the study of the religions of Africa / Jan G. Platvoet
Anthropological approaches to the study of African religion / Michael Bourdillon
Methodological considerations relevant to understanding African indigenous religions / James Cox
Some methodological issues in the academic study of West African traditional religions / Friday Mbon
The study of religions in Nigeria: past, present, and future / Jacob Olupona
The study of religions in West Africa: a brief survey / Jacob Olupona
The academic study of religion in Kenya: historical roots, contemporary issues and future prospects / Teresia Hinga
South Africa's contribution to religious studies / Martin Prozesky
The academic and non-academic study of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa: Nigeria as a case study / 'Deremi Abubakre
The study of Islam in South Africa / Muhammed Haron
Islamic revivalism in South Africa: identity between internal re-definition and nation-building / Abdulkader I. Tayob
Doing Christian history and thought in an African context: a project in scaffolding / Frans Verstraelen
The Hindu diaspora: challenge of the South African context / Anil Sooklal
The study of Judaism in Africa: the case of South African Jewry / Jocelyn Hellig.

Edition Notes

"Sponsored by the African Association for the Study of Religions and arising from the first conference of the International Association for the History of Religions to be held on the continent of Africa, at Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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Cambridge, U.K, Stockholm, Sweden
Series
Religions of Africa -- v. 1.
Genre
Congresses.

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Pagination
393 p. ;
Number of pages
393

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OL16321932M
ISBN 10
0952577224
OCLC/WorldCat
37643405
Library Thing
4625335

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