African religions : symbol, ritual, and community

African religions : symbol, ritual, and community / Benjamin C. Ray.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ray, Benjamin C., 1940-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, c2000.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Africa > Religion.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Creation and origins
  • A Genesis story
  • Separation from god
  • Nuer : death, conflict, and social order
  • Atuot : marriage, death, and cattle
  • Kongo : Genesis, death, and deliverance
  • Yoruba : creation and the withdrawal of god
  • Baganda : origins of life and death
  • Christian interpretations
  • Tricksters and creation
  • Eshu : spirit of order and chaos
  • Ananse the Spider : human wisdom and folly
  • The value of tricksters
  • Origins of ritual
  • lfa divination
  • Dinka priests of the fishing spear
  • Mythical and ritual time
  • Yoruba : conquest and kingship
  • The past and the future
  • 2. Divinity and humanity
  • Monotheism, polytheism, pantheism
  • Supreme gods : Olodumare and Nhialic
  • The gods as symbols of experience
  • The goddess Oshun
  • Mami Wata : Mother of the Waters
  • Ogun: iron and war
  • Akan spirits and their mediums
  • The one and the many
  • 3. Ritual expression and control
  • Animal sacrifice
  • Gelede festival : peace and harmony
  • Healing rituals
  • Nuer sacrifice and the impact of Christianity
  • Ndembu Ihamba : grudges and illness
  • Rites of passage
  • Ndembu girls' Nkanga
  • Chisungu and Catholicism
  • Maasai boys' circumcision
  • Female circumcision
  • The scope of ritual
  • 4. Religious authorities
  • Diviners
  • The "hand" shakes the rattle
  • "Father of Secrets"
  • Prophets and political resistance
  • "Possessors of Spirit"
  • Kinjikitile and Maji Maji
  • Priests
  • 5. Persons, ancestors, and ethics
  • The concept of the person
  • Manianga and Dinka
  • Yoruba : destiny and character
  • Funerals and modern identities
  • Asante : death and the celebration of life
  • Joe Appiah's funeral
  • Who was SM?
  • Death and eschatology
  • Yoruba : death and the Egungun
  • Manianga afterlife
  • The power of evil
  • Songhay witchcraft and sorcery
  • Witches : Yoruba, Manianga, and Azande
  • 6. Art in the cycle of life
  • Beauty : Punu Mukudj
  • Artistic principles and power
  • Maternity : Asante Akua'ba
  • Initiation
  • Mende Sowei
  • Yaka Ndeemba
  • Healing, protection, and prosperity
  • Baule spirit spouse
  • Kongo Nkisi Nkondi
  • Songye Nkishi
  • Icons of governance
  • Benin bronzes
  • Seasonal ceremonies : Chi Wara
  • Funerals and memorials
  • Dogon masks
  • Yoruba Ibeji
  • Ancestors
  • Fon altar sculpture
  • Hemba ancestor figure
  • Divinities and spirits
  • Yoruba Oshe Shango
  • Nuna animal masks
  • Zamblé
  • The face of the spirit world
  • 7. African Islam
  • Swahili myths and legends
  • The Shehu Usuman Dan Fodio : Renewer of the Faith
  • Teaching and practice
  • The Qur'an school
  • The clerics
  • Divination, amulets, healing, and the power of prayer
  • Islam and the spirits : Bori and Zar
  • The brotherhoods
  • The Mourides of Senegal
  • Cerno Bokar and the search for truth
  • A new synthesis
  • 8. African Christianity
  • Africanizing Christianity
  • The Church of Jesus Christ on Earth Through the prophet Simon Kimbangu
  • The Nazareth Baptist Church
  • The Aladura churches
  • The Church of the Lord (Aladura)
  • The Celestial Church of Christ
  • Christian churches in Africa.

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