Encyclopedia of African Religion 2 Volume Set Contributor(s): Asante, Molefi Kete (Editor), Mazama, Ama (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1412936365 ISBN-13: 9781412936361 Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc OUR PRICE: $418.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: November 2008 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Religion | Ethnic & Tribal |
Dewey: 299.603 |
LCCN: 2008027578 |
Physical Information: 2.5" H x 8.7" W x 11.3" (6.40 lbs) 920 pages |
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Publisher Description:
Features - Offers the best representation to date of the African response to the sacred - Helps readers grasp the enormity of Africa′s contribution to religious ideas by presenting richly textured concepts of spirituality, ritual, and initiation while simultaneously advancing new theological categories, cosmological narratives, and ways to conceptualize ethical behavior - Provides readers with new metaphors, figures of speech, modes of reasoning, etymologies, analogies, and cosmogonies - Reveals the complexity, texture, and rhythms of the African religious tradition to provide scholars with a baseline for future works The Encyclopedia of African Religion is intended for undergraduate and graduate students in fields such as Religion, Africana Studies, Sociology, and Philosophy. |
Contributor Bio(s): Asante, Molefi Kete: - Molefi Asante is a distinguished scholar and is best known for creating the discipline of Black Studies over 25 years ago. He is the Editor for the Journal of Black Studies (Sage) and the Encyclopedia of Black Studies (Sage Reference, 12/04 933 units, $82k LTD). His recent research has centered on the history and present developments of African religions.Mazama, Ama: - Mazama is an Associate Professor of African American Studies with a Ph.D. from the Sorbonne, five books and more than fifty articles. She is the co-editor o the Encyclopedia of Black Studies. Her forthcoming book will be on the Vodun religion in Haiti. |