Sourcebook of the World's Religions
Subtitle: An Interfaith Guide to Religion and Spirituality (Sourcebook of the World's Religions)
Edition: 3 edition
Publisher: New World Library
Published: July 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 442
ISBN-13: 9781577311218
Subjects: Comparative Religion; Religion (Specific Aspects); Religion - World Religions; Reference; Religion; Spirituality - General; History; Handbooks, manuals, etc; Directories; Relations; Religions
First sentence: Since the time of Pliny the Elder, who is reputed to have first used it, the term "Africa" has been a bone of contention because it means different things to different people-for many people Africa is essentially a racial group; for some, Africa is a geopolitical entity carved up in the last century at the Berlin conference of 1884-85; for others, Africa is a linguistic cultural entity that describes the life of the African peoples that belong to these communities: the Niger-Congo, the Nilo-Sahara, the Afro-Asiatic, and the Khoisan linguistic groups.