| African Sacred Spaces: Culture, History, and Change Contributor(s): Ogundayo, 'Biodun J. (Author), Adekunle, Julius O. (Author), Aluko, Oluwasegun Peter (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 1498567428 ISBN-13: 9781498567428 Publisher: Lexington Books OUR PRICE: $115.83 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | World - African - Religion | Ethnic & Tribal |
| Dewey: 299.613 |
| LCCN: 2018055799 |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.1" (1.35 lbs) 268 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: African Sacred Spaces: Culture, History, and Change is a collection of carefully and analytically written essays on different aspects of African sacred spaces. The interaction between the past and present points to Africans' continuing recognition of certain natural phenomena and places as sacred. Western influence, the introduction of Christianity and Islam, as well as modernity, have not succeeded in completely obliterating African spirituality and sacred observances, especially as these relate to space in its various iterations. Indeed, Africans, on the continent and in the Diasporas, have responded to the challenges of history, environmentalism, and sustainability with sober and versatile responses in their reverence for sacred space as expressed through a variety of religious, historical, and spiritual practices, as this volume attempts to show. |