Contextualizing Eschatology in African Cultural and Religious Beliefs Contributor(s): Aderibigbe, Ibigbolade S. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138491438 ISBN-13: 9781138491434 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2019 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Theology - Eschatology - Religion | Islam - Theology - Religion | Philosophy |
Series: Routledge Studies on Religion in Africa and the Diaspora |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.1" W x 9.2" (1.05 lbs) 116 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian - Religious Orientation - Islamic |
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Publisher Description: Contextualizing Eschatology in African Cultural and Religious Beliefs addresses the African consciousness and nuances of eschatological beliefs as part and parcel of the holistic African Indigenous worldviews within the context of the people's traditional heritage. The concept of eschatology is usually explained from the perspective of endtimes in relation to either the human individual or the cosmos. Within these contexts, the primary interests, particularly with regard to human eschatology, have centred on the questions of death, afterlife, immortality, destiny, judgment, reward and punishment, and the final destination or eternal home of humans. This book explores the characteristic nature, the modes, the process as well as the dynamics associated with the various features culminating the functional expression of the reality of eschatological beliefs demonstrated in varied but fundamentally the same subject matter of practices among different African ethnic groups. It also discusses the influences of other religious traditions, particularly Christianity and Islam, on contemporary African eschatological thoughts and their attendant consequences. This book will be of interest to students and scholars of African studies, eschatology, religious studies, and the philosophy of religion. |