The study of religions in Africa
Subtitle: past, present and prospects
By: edited by Jan Platvoet, James Cox and Jacob Olupona.
Contributors: Platvoet, Jan.; Cox, James.; Olupọna, Jacob Obafẹmi Kẹhinde.; International Association for the History of Religions. Regional Conference
Series: Religions of Africa -- v. 1.
Publisher: Roots and Branches; Distributed by Almqvist & Wiksell
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Cambridge, U.K; Stockholm, Sweden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 393
Subjects: Africa -- Religion -- Congresses
Genres: Congresses.
Notes: "Sponsored by the African Association for the Study of Religions and arising from the first conference of the International Association for the History of Religions to be held on the continent of Africa, at Harare, Zimbabwe, in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Perspectives on the study of religions in sub-Saharan Africa / Jan G. Platvoet & Jacob K. Olupona; title: Intercultural strategies and the International Association for the History of Religions / Michael Pye; title: The religions of Africa in their historical order / Jan G. Platvoet; title: From object to subject: a history of the study of the religions of Africa / Jan G. Platvoet; title: Anthropological approaches to the study of African religion / Michael Bourdillon; title: Methodological considerations relevant to understanding African indigenous religions / James Cox; title: Some methodological issues in the academic study of West African traditional religions / Friday Mbon; title: The study of religions in Nigeria: past, present, and future / Jacob Olupona; title: The study of religions in West Africa: a brief survey / Jacob Olupona; title: The academic study of religion in Kenya: historical roots, contemporary issues and future prospects / Teresia Hinga; title: South Africa's contribution to religious studies / Martin Prozesky; title: The academic and non-academic study of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa: Nigeria as a case study / 'Deremi Abubakre; title: The study of Islam in South Africa / Muhammed Haron; title: Islamic revivalism in South Africa: identity between internal re-definition and nation-building / Abdulkader I. Tayob; title: Doing Christian history and thought in an African context: a project in scaffolding / Frans Verstraelen; title: The Hindu diaspora: challenge of the South African context / Anil Sooklal; title: The study of Judaism in Africa: the case of South African Jewry / Jocelyn Hellig.