Are Africans Incurably Religious?: Discourse Analysis of a Debate, Direction of a Discipline
This article analyses the debate on the invention of African Religion and the notion that Africans are incurably religious. It uses critical discourse analysis as a form of ideology critique to demonstrate how advocates and opponents of the ‘invention of African Religion’ theory construct their own...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
2017
|
| In: |
Exchange
Year: 2017, Volume: 46, Issue: 4, Pages: 370-397 |
| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AD Sociology of religion; religious policy BS Traditional African religions CH Christianity and Society KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Further subjects: | B
African Religion
invention of tradition
social constructivism
critical discourse analysis
ideology critique
|
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Verlag) |
| Summary: | This article analyses the debate on the invention of African Religion and the notion that Africans are incurably religious. It uses critical discourse analysis as a form of ideology critique to demonstrate how advocates and opponents of the ‘invention of African Religion’ theory construct their own social realities. Drawing on a conversation between members of the African Association for the Study of Religions the article concludes that the dilemma between the myth and reality of African Religion is false. The fact that African religion was invented does not signify that it does not exist. |
|---|---|
| ISSN: | 1572-543X |
| Contains: | In: Exchange
|
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/1572543X-12341457 |