The Afterlife in African Traditional Religion: Notions of Punishment and Immortality
This article explores the nature of the afterlife in African Traditional Religion. According to this belief, when a person dies, their spirit transitions to become a member of the living dead for about five generations after which they become a nameless ghost and their personal identity is lost. Aft...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2025
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Journal for the academic study of religion
Year: 2025, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 163-179 |
| Further subjects: | B
African philosophy of religoin
B Punishment B Soul music B philosophy of religion B Afterlife B Immortality B Traditional Religion B Death B African Religion |
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