Religious Beliefs and Knowledge Systems in Africa

Informationen zum Autor Toyin Falola is Professor of History, University Distinguished Teaching Professor, and the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin, USA. He is an Extraordinary Professor of Political Science, University of Pretoria. He has received over 30 lifetime career awards and 24 honorary doctorates. Enrique Prieto-Rios is professor of law at Del Rosario University, Colombia. Klappentext The book connects the logic and histories of religion, ideology and indigenous beliefs to understand knowledge systems in Africa. Zusammenfassung The book connects the logic and histories of religion, ideology and indigenous beliefs to understand knowledge systems in Africa. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgement Preface 1.Introduction: Beliefs and Knowledge Systems: Power, Eurocentricity, and Bias Part I: African Worldview and Knowledge Systems 2. Witchcraft as Ideology and Knowledge 3. Elderhood and Ancestorhood as Ideas and Beliefs 4. Ifa Divination and Society Part II: World Religions and Knowledge Systems 5. Quranic Epistemology 6. Biblical Epistemology 7. Pentecostalism and its knowledge system Part III: Kingship Ideologies and Epistemologies 8. Kingship: Ideology and Epistemologies 9. Sacred Kingship: Power, Politics and Ritual Knowledge 10. Kingship and Creativity Conclusion 11. Rethinking the disciplines: Africanity and Belief Systems

Product details

• Authors: Toyin Falola, Toyin Griffin Falola, Falola Toyin, Nicole Griffin
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.04.2023
• EAN: 9781538150269
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-5026-9
• No. of pages: 354
• Series: Africa: Past, Present & Prospects
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; RELIGION / History, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Politics & government, History of Religion, Politics and government, Indigenous;Postcolonial;Spiritual;Witchcraft;World Religions