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African traditional religions is a term referring to a variety of religions indigenous to the continent of Africa. Religious traditions of AfricaMost traditional African religions have, for most of their existence, been orally/spiritually (rather than scripturally) transmitted or practised. Thus, linguistic experts such as Christopher Ehret and Placide Tempels have applied their knowledge of languages towards reconstructing the original core beliefs of the followers of these traditions. The four linguistic phylums spoken in Africa are: Afro-Asiatic, Nilo-Saharan, Niger-Congo, and Khoi-San. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License From Yahoo Image Search: "African traditional religion"  cultrelhgh.blogspot.com Gerald Hoedl Sat, 13 Mar 2010 16:08:00 GM My favourite piece is by Rosalind Shaw: The Invention of . African Traditional Religion. , a thorough analysis of the categories used for lumping together religious traditions and one of the best critiques of the concept of World ... From Google Blog Search: "African traditional religion"  allafrica.com Fri, 16 Jul 2010 22:57:19 GMT+00:00 Justice Systems AllAfrica.com Exogenous forces aside, today's societies in Africa are also deeply marked by class, ethnicity, gender, religion and other dimensions of difference and ...  continentalnews.net Sun, 25 Jul 2010 21:32:01 GMT+00:00 Continentalnews.net (blog) ... African and predominantly Christian, although there are quite a few Muslims and quite a few of the traditional believers or the ancient religions . ...  blog.beliefnet.com Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:01:25 GMT+00:00 Beliefnet.com (blog) Many have learned and benefited from experience with African diasporic traditions they have attended. As a person for whom this kind of encounter came ... From Google News Search: "African traditional religion" Justification for the brutal realities of missionary intervention in Pre-Christian African countries? Q. I believe in God but have a couple questions for Christians with extensive knowledge of the Bible... As we know, Africans practiced pagan religions before the introduction of Christianity, in mose cases, by force. European authority 'invaded' africa and offered the africans education, health and food facilities in exchange for african resources (oil, cocoa, gold). European religion was more or less forced on the africans to gain control over them. Slaves who were taken out of africa had their indigenous traditional religions taken from and many were baptized into the european religion (christianity) forcibly. My question is: How is this (brutality and force) justified under Christian ideology? How is this the will of God? And why… [cont.] Asked by Bonny - Mon May 21 11:19:20 2007 - - 5 Answers - 0 Comments A. Being an African American, I've asked this question as well. Christianity is not suppossed to be about brutality, but many of the Eurpean nations and the USA have engaged in it. The forcible moving of Indians in America to reservations. The outright annihilation of their race and culture. The conquest of the southwestern US by taking it from Mexico. These are things that many of our Christian leaders choose not to deal with. The best answer for all of this is that Christians are just as flawed as the other peoples, cultures, and religions of the world. Humanity is simply flawed. We can't say because of our belief in Christ that we behave better than others, oftentimes. It is only our belief in Christ that we are granted salvation.… [cont.] Answered by roughruggedraw - Mon May 21 11:31:15 2007 Surely whichever religion we follow is purely an accident of birth? Q. For example if I was born in the remote villages of Tibet, I'd be Buddhist, If I was born in a remote area of Pakistan, it's likely I'd be Muslim, if I was born in a remote part of Bali, it's likely I'd be Hindu etc, etc.. Therefore how could it possibly be fair to say "ah, but my God is the one true God?" What are the chances of an illiterate Tibetan Buddhist even hearing any words re Islam or Christianity? Therefore, surely all religions are just man-made? Yes, I believe there is a lot of historical fact in many of the world religions, and some provide a good way to live your life? But I don't believe there's a deity at the end of any of them. Another example - one of my work colleagues is Kenyan but is Christain (of a particularly… [cont.] Asked by SBD - Fri May 21 12:44:37 2010 - - 7 Answers - 0 Comments A. Yes! that's exactly how this is I was born a Muslim but I found the truth before it was too late Answered by l0_o_some1else_o_0l - Fri May 21 18:29:12 2010 Why do some atheists think God is a purely man made phenomenon to control people?
Q. so only these atheists know the "secret" conspiracy made by a hand full of humans to control all the human cultures in the world by creating God...Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Chinese traditional religion, Buddhism, primal-indigenous, African Traditional & Diasporic, Sikhism, Juche, Spiritism, Judaism, Baha'i, Jainism, Shinto, Cao Dai, Zoroastrianism, Tenrikyo, Neo-Paganism, Unitarian-Universalism, Scientology, etc... Asked by turntable - Wed May 7 08:24:48 2008 - - 14 Answers - 0 Comments A. Atheists who think they know everything are just as bad as Christians who think they know everything. That aside, I believe (not know, but believe) religion, at it's worst, can be used to do some pretty despicable things, including controlling people. I also think religion at it's best can be a beautiful thing. Answered by discolapin - Thu May 8 17:10:15 2008 From Yahoo Answer Search: "African traditional religion" |
