Crisis of Faith: Today's African Christians and Mami-Wata (Mother-Water) Spirituality

, precis:, This study provides an analysis of the impact of Mami-Wata spirituality on an understanding of the place and fate of Christianity in Africa today. A section of the Christian population negotiates their Christian beliefs through the prism of their traditional African religious cosmology an...

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Main Author: Uzukwu, Gesila Nneka (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Pennsylvania Press 2024
In: Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2024, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 157-173
IxTheo Classification:BB Indigenous religions
KBN Sub-Saharan Africa
NBJ Mariology
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