God in Us - How African Spirituality Ignited World Religion Global Civilisation

This book traces the unitary source of all of the world's major religions. The author's analysis of world religions or faiths adopts a multi-interdisciplinary approach taking the reader through historical, anthropological, archaeological, and theological viewpoints to make juxtapositions.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction and background
1. Africans and the Divine
2. African Pantheism and the Sanatan Dharma
3. The Old Testament and its African roots
4. Understanding the origins and development of pantheism
5. Who created the universe? Energy of Light, the Demiurge or God?
6. Gnosticism and the testimony of Jesus
7. The rise and fall from grace of the Catholic Church
8. The spiritual scramble for Africa
9. Case Studies, Part One (Ethiopia, Bukongo and Akan)
10. Missionary Motives, Cultural Reproduction and Case Studies, Part Two
11. Conclusion
Index

Product details

• Authors: Hlumelo Biko, Biko Hlumelo
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.09.2025
• EAN: 9781032759753
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3275975-3
• No. of pages: 178
• Series: Routledge/UNISA Press Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; RELIGION / General, Africa, Religion: general, Other non-Christian religions, Further religions and spiritual beliefs,