Judaeo-Christian spectacles: Boon or bane to the study of African religions?
For much of the past fifty years, the study of the indigenous religious heritage of Africa has been dominated by social or cultural anthropologists of Western origin and agnostic or atheistic religious views. In recent years, however, the dominance of this set has been challenged by a new wave of sc...
| Published in: | Cahiers d'études africaines |
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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EHESS
1984
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Cahiers d'études africaines
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| Further subjects: | B
Africa
Science of Religion
B Africa B Science of Religion |
| Summary: | For much of the past fifty years, the study of the indigenous religious heritage of Africa has been dominated by social or cultural anthropologists of Western origin and agnostic or atheistic religious views. In recent years, however, the dominance of this set has been challenged by a new wave of scholars, some Western and others African. The members of the new wave have not given their movement a name. Some years ago Horton coined the phrase "Devout opposition". In the study the author analyses the "Devout opposition": he gives an outline of the specifics of their approach and a critical appraisal. (DÜI-Ott) |
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| ISSN: | 0008-0055 |
| Contains: | In: Cahiers d'études africaines
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