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Informationen zum Autor THE EDITOR ELIAS KIFON BONGMBA holds the Harry and Hazel Chavanne Chair in Christian Theology and is Professor of Religious Studies at Rice University. He is the author of Facing a Pandemic: The African Church and Crisis of AIDS (2007), The Dialectics of Transformation in Africa (2006), which won the 2007 Frantz Fanon Prize for outstanding work in Caribbean thought, and African Witchcraft and Otherness: A Philosophical and Theological Critique of Intersubjective Relations (2001). Klappentext The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions brings together a team of international scholars to create a single-volume resource on the religious beliefs and practices of the peoples in Africa.* Offers broad coverage of issues relating to African religions, considering experiences in indigenous, Christian, and Islamic traditions across the continent* Contributors are from a variety of fields, ensuring the volume offers multidisciplinary perspectives* Explores methodological approaches to religion from anthropological, philosophical, and historical perspectives* Provides insights into the historical developments in African religions, as well as contemporary issues such as the development of African-initiated churches, neo traditional religions, and Pentecostalism* Discusses important topics at the intersection of culture and religion in Africa, including the arts, health, politics, globalization, gender relations, and the economy "Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty." ( Choice , 1 June 2013) Zusammenfassung The Wiley-Blackwell Companion to African Religions presents multidisciplinary perspectives on the religious beliefs and practices of the peoples in Africa. The rich diversity of African religious traditions is revealed through contributions from renowned scholars from across a variety of fields. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notes on Contributors xi Foreword xix Jacob K. Olupona Acknowledgments xxii Introduction 1 Elias K. Bongmba Part I Methodological Perspectives on African Religions 23 1 Methodological Views on African Religions 25 James L. Cox 2 Philosophy of Religion on African Ways of Believing 41 V.Y. Mudimbe and Susan Mbula Kilonzo 3 Neo-Protestant Ethics and the Spirit of Capitalism: Perspectives from the Social Sciences 62 Jean Comaroff and John L. Comaroff 4 Divination in Africa 79 René Devisch 5 Orality, Literature, and African Religions 97 Jonathan A. Draper and Kenneth Mtata 6 African Rituals 112 Laura S. Grillo 7 Postcolonial Feminist Perspectives on African Religions 127 Musa W. Dube 8 Religion and the Environment 140 Edward P. Antonio 9 Christianity in Africa: From African Independent to Pentecostal-Charismatic Churches 153 Birgit Meyer Part II Interpreting Religious Pluralism 171 10 Neo-traditional Religions 173 Marleen de Witte 11 Spirit Possession in Africa 184 Susan J. Rasmussen 12 Christian Missions in Africa 198 Norman Etherington 13 Christianity in Africa 208 David T. Ngong 14 Coptic Christianity 220 Jason R. Zaborowski 15 The Ethiopian Orthodox Church 234 Christine Chaillot 16 African Theology 241 Elias K. Bongmba 17 The Church and Women in Africa 255 Isabel Apawo Phiri 18 Feminist Theologies in Africa 269 Sarojini Nadar 19 Church and Reconciliation 279 Tinyiko Maluleke 20 Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements in Modern Africa 295 Matthews A. Ojo 21 African Initiated Churches in the Diaspora 310 Afe Adogame <...
