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Title:

Contemporary perspectives on religions in Africa and the African diaspora / edited by Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe and Carolyn M. Jones Medine.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

viii, 285 pages ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Religions--African influences.
Christianity--Africa.
Islam--Africa.
Africa--Religion.
Christianity.
Islam.
Religion.
Religions--African influences.
Africa.

Other Authors:

Aderibigbe, Gbola, editor.
Medine, Carolyn M. Jones.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Islamic communities in the United States: issues of religion and political identity / Yushau Sodiq. Modern trends in the teaching of African religion in the 21st century: conceptual decolonization / Rotimi Williams Omotoye -- African religion in 21st century and the search for philosophical relevance / Francis Adewale Olajide -- African religious movements and pentecostalism: the model of Ijo-Orunmila, Ato / Oguntola Oye-Laguda -- African religion and health care delivery in Africa / Kelvin Onongha -- Some ethical reflections on African indigenous religion and Christianity / Rotimi Williams Omotoye -- Christianity in contemporary African religious space / Pius Oyeniran Abioje -- Islam in contemporary African society / R. Ibrahim Adebayo -- African derived religions in diaspora: an overview / M. I. Oguntoyinbo-Atere -- Art and music in African derived diaspora religions / Adeoluwa Okunade -- Sojourner Truth, hybrid identity, and multi-vocal text / Carolyn M. Jones Medine -- Womanist spirituality: legacies of freedom / Melanie L. Harris -- Initiation and possession in Santería, Candomblé, and Voudou / Umesh Patel -- Mythology of rituals and sacrifices in African-derived diaspora religions / Osei A. Mensah -- Socio-religious agencies of Santería religions in the United States of America / Robert Y. Owusu -- Modern legal issues in the practice of African diaspora religions / Danielle Boaz -- African religious systems in the context of world religions: challenges for the American scholars / Maha Marouan -- African initiated churches and African immigrants in the United States: a model in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, North America (RCCGNA) / Ibigbolade Aderibigbe -- Islamic communities in the United States: issues of religion and political identity / Yushau Sodiq.

ISBN:

1137500514
9781137500519

OCLC:

(OCoLC)907060895

LCCN:

2015013095

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)