African traditional religion in the modern world
By: Douglas E. Thomas
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780786496075; 9781476620190
Subjects: Religion; Christianity; Influence; Islam
Description: "The religious experiences of black people throughout the Americas are also covered. The author finds cosmology, symbolism and rituals of Yoruba culture to be the fundamental bases of African traditional religion, and draws similarities between the oral and written literature of West Africans and that of New World practitioners. The influence of Islam and Christianity is also discussed."--Publisher information.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The; title: sacred role of culture in African religion --; title: African culture and western attitudes toward African religion --; title: African tradition and the culture of religion --; title: African culture and the philosophy of religion --; title: African religion in the New World --; title: Traditional African cultural forms in the Caribbean.