‘TRANSCENDENT’ GENEALOGICAL AND KINSHIP RELATIONS: Afterlife in African Traditional Religions
Ancestor worship, in most instances is positioned within a cosmological worldview that represents a very specific conceptualization of this world, living in this world and life after death for the individual. It speaks to a worldview where there are levels of involvement and genealogical linkage bet...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Dharmaram College
2012
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Journal of Dharma
Year: 2012, Volume: 37, Issue: 4, Pages: 411-426 |
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African Traditional Religions in the Social Sciences
B Ukungeniswa (Dedication Ritual) B Ancestor Worship B Unique Traditional Outlook on the Afterlife Made Contemporary |
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| Summary: | Ancestor worship, in most instances is positioned within a cosmological worldview that represents a very specific conceptualization of this world, living in this world and life after death for the individual. It speaks to a worldview where there are levels of involvement and genealogical linkage between the living and the dead, as well as the world of the living and the world of the dead. In this perception, a dying person does not go to another world but changes merely his or her physical mode of existence to that of a spiritual one.Mbiti points out that African Traditional Religion is an "ontological phenomenon" that pertains to the question of existence or being, and draws our gaze to the detail that this is a religious worldview where the individual is "immersed in continuous religious participation which starts before birth and continues after death." |
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| ISSN: | 0253-7222 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of Dharma
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