Pub Date : 2023-07-19DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340274
Henni Alava
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Pub Date : 2023-07-18DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340278
K. Lamak
{"title":"Rage and Carnage in the name of God: Religious Violence in Nigeria, written by Alao, Abiodun","authors":"K. Lamak","doi":"10.1163/15700666-12340278","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340278","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45604,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF RELIGION IN AFRICA","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47351975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-18DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340275
A. Alhourani
{"title":"Deep Knowledge; Ways of Knowing in Sufism and Ifa, Two West African Intellectual Traditions, written by Ogunnaike, Oludamini","authors":"A. Alhourani","doi":"10.1163/15700666-12340275","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340275","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45604,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF RELIGION IN AFRICA","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47515941","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-18DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340279
D. Smith
{"title":"Pastoral Power, Clerical State: Pentecostalism, Gender, and Sexuality in Nigeria, written by Obadare, Ebenezer","authors":"D. Smith","doi":"10.1163/15700666-12340279","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340279","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45604,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF RELIGION IN AFRICA","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45796940","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-18DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340273
Akintunde E. Akinade
{"title":"Crossing Religious Boundaries: Islam, Christianity, and ‘Yoruba Religion’ in Lagos, Nigeria, written by Janson, Marloes","authors":"Akintunde E. Akinade","doi":"10.1163/15700666-12340273","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340273","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45604,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF RELIGION IN AFRICA","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43943158","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-18DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340276
Leslie Fesenmyer
{"title":"A Spirit of Revitalization: Urban Pentecostalism in Kenya, written by Mugambi, Kyama M.","authors":"Leslie Fesenmyer","doi":"10.1163/15700666-12340276","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/15700666-12340276","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":45604,"journal":{"name":"JOURNAL OF RELIGION IN AFRICA","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.4,"publicationDate":"2023-07-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46732949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"哲学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-26DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340270
Luigi M. De Luca, L. Armey
Egyptian women’s religious expressions in papyrus letters (Bagnall and Cribiore, 2006) were divided into five categories: None, no god(s) mentioned; Pray, containing “Pray” without gods; Gods, for Greek Gods; Sarapis/local Gods/προσκυνήµα for letters containing prayers in which obeisance before a God is expressed in the Egyptian reverential manner, a προσκυνήµα; Θεός/Κύριος/Χριστός letters to the Christian God. The None category is prevalent during the early 300 BC to 100 AD period followed by an increase in, and then stable, formulaic/religious expressions. The Pray category peaked in the second and third centuries AD, and the Gods category, referring to pagan Gods, showed a steady and significant decline from the first to the fourth century AD inverse to the rise in prevalence of letters in the Θεός/Κύριος/Χριστός category. The shift to monotheism with Christianity is rendered in graphic form, and permits an appreciation of feminine popular sentiment on religion and its Gods in Egypt.
埃及女性在莎草纸信件中的宗教表达(Bagnall and Cribiore, 2006)被分为五类:None，没有提到神;祈祷，包含无神的“祈祷”;希腊诸神;προσκ ο ή (ροσκ ο ή)为包含祈祷文的信件，其中以埃及人虔诚的方式表达对神的敬拜;Θεός/Κύριος/Χριστός信基督教的神。无类别在公元前300年至公元100年期间普遍存在，随后是公式/宗教表达的增加，然后是稳定的。祈祷类在公元二世纪和三世纪达到顶峰，而神类，指的是异教徒的神，从公元一世纪到公元四世纪，与Θεός/Κύριος/Χριστός类中字母的流行度上升相反，呈现出稳定而显著的下降。基督教向一神论的转变以图形形式呈现，并允许对埃及女性对宗教及其神的普遍情感的欣赏。
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Pub Date : 2023-06-13DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340259
H. Mbaya
This article discusses the encounter between the missionaries of the Glasgow Missionary Society (Free Church of Scotland, hence Presbyterians), and the Wesleyans (Methodists) in the nineteenth century and the AmaXhosa in the Eastern Frontier of the Cape Colony. It specifically highlights the AmaXhosa’s contestations of some European Christian teachings, cultural values, and a way of life, which the Presbyterian and Wesleyan missionaries tried to impose on them in the process of ‘Christianizing’ and ‘civilizing’ them. The study illustrates that contrary to the commonly held conception that the Xhosa readily embraced the gospel, conversion to Christianity was a long and drawn-out process that entailed contestations and resistance on many levels and in many forms.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-07DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340272
Kanayo Nwadialor
Abstract Indigenous prophetic church movements constitute a significant portion of Christianity in Africa and a unique spirit in African Christianity. Garrick Braide was the first to lead such a group in Nigeria in 1915. The Christ Apostolic Church is an ancient indigenous church in Nigeria; however, it appears that the church faces problems generated by the apparent confusion about the origin of the church. This confusion is evident in the 2018 centenary anniversary of the church, contrary to the Golden Jubilee organized in 1980. Similarly, the leaders often claim that CAC is the first indigenous Pentecostal church in Nigeria, whereas it is on record that Christ Army Church was established in 1916 by Braide and his followers. As a result, urgent need was required to interrogate the traditions of origin of these two indigenous church movements and their prophets.The findings revealed that Braide’s Christ Army Church preceded the Christ Apostolic Church of Babalola.
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Pub Date : 2023-06-02DOI: 10.1163/15700666-12340268
A. Atiemo, Seth Tweneboah
This paper probes the intricate connection of conversion, proselytization, and the state of Ghana to achieve three overarching goals. First, it unravels how colonialism, Christianity, and Islam have historically and collectively marginalised African indigenous religions. Second, it demonstrates a clever state maneuver to continue the historic joint colonial and missionary projection of Christianity and Islam at the expense of other traditions. Third, it interrogates how the state of Ghana is mindful of the political implications of frustrating the principle of separation. Against these positions, the paper argues that despite tacit attempts to privilege Christianity and Islam over indigenous religion, the state of Ghana maintains a moderate secularist stance that enhances free and equal participation of its religiously diverse populations in the public space.
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