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African Religion Defined
Anthony Ephirim-Donkor
其他書名
A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan
出版
University Press of America
, 2012-07-10
主題
Religion / Psychology of Religion
Religion / Antiquities & Archaeology
Religion / Deism
Religion / Devotional
Religion / Indigenous, Folk & Tribal
Religion / Faith
Religion / History
Religion / Mysticism
Religion / Philosophy
Social Science / Anthropology / General
Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social
Social Science / Archaeology
Social Science / Customs & Traditions
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
Social Science / Methodology
Social Science / Regional Studies
Social Science / Sociology / General
Social Science / Sociology of Religion
ISBN
0761853294
9780761853299
URL
http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=AWAgJzwK8WIC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋
African religion is ancestor worship; that is, funeral preparations, burial of the dead with ceremony and pomp, belief in eternal existence of souls of the dead as ancestors, periodic remembrance of ancestors, and belief that they influence the affairs of their living descendants. Whether called Akw?sidai, Homowo, Voodoo, Nyant?r (Aboakyir), CandomblZ, or Santeria in Africa or the African Diaspora, ancestor worship centers on the ancestors and deities. This makes it a tenably viable religion, because living descendants are genetically linked to their ancestors. The author, a traditional king and professor, studies the Akan in Ghana to demonstrate that ancestor worship is as pragmatic, systematic, theological, teleological, soteriological — with a highly trained clerical body and elders as mediators — and symbolic as any other religion in the world. Ancestor worship follows prescribed rites and rituals, formulas, precepts for ritual efficacy, and festivities of honor with music and dances to provoke ancestors and deities into joining in the celebration.