African Religion Defined : A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan
Second Edition
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Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0761860576
ISBN-13
9780761860570
Edition
Second Edition
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
University Press of America
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Dec 7th, 2012
Print length
220 Pages
Weight
318 grams
Dimensions
15.40 x 22.50 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
African historyReligion: generalTribal religionsAspects of religion (non-Christian)Social groups
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This second edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worship by demonstrating the centrality of the ancestors’ stool as the ultimate religious symbol among the Akan. All chapters have been expanded and a completely new chapter has been written for this edition.
African religion is ancestor worship; it revolves around the dead, now thought to be alive and well in heaven (the Samanadzie) and propitiated by the living on earth. For the Akan, the ancestors’ stool is the emblem of the ancestors (Nananom Nsamanfo). Led by their kings and queen mothers as living ancestors, the Akan periodically propitiate the ancestors’ stools housing their ancestors. In return, the ancestors and deities influence the affairs of living descendants, making ancestor worship as tenably viable as any other religion.This second edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worship by demonstrating the centrality of the ancestors’ stool as the ultimate religious symbol. In addition, all chapters have been expanded. A new chapter has been added to show how ancestor worship is pragmatically integrative, theologically sound, teleological as well as soteriological, with a highly trained clerical body and elders as mediators.
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