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African Traditional Religions
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There are thousands of indigenous African religions. You must specify the ethnic group and/or region to begin to deal with the culture. Most traditional African religions are monotheistic or henotheistic (devoted to one god but believing in...
Once those Africans learn the truth of what the Bible says about life after death they have to change their belief and break off from the Catholic religion.In Africa it is a mixture of Catholocizm and Pagan rituals with voodoo etc involved....
Traditional African religion is known as Paganism which is a collective name for all 'nature religions'. There is no sole founder of this religion.
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River Ahhhm, see you got me blushing and glowing right now. It's always good to have you on my side, all 5 foot 1 of ya Sek Quote: I thought I made it clear that the larger black community has a disdain for these systems and that this sit...
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Indeed, in the beginning of missionary activity, due to many misconceptions and ignorance, ATR was considered as the direct opposite of Christianity, which needed to be eradicated. This was at a time when human societies from a Western pers...
http://www.karibu-stenger.net/en/articles/atr.shtml
There is nothing evil about our traditional religion, the practitioners have only been misunderstood and I think there is a need here, to go back to the beginning and recall facts. Take for instance, in the state of Bahia, in Brazil, (as yo...
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Many things surprise me. But nothing amazes me more than the debate on the question of inculturation. I just do not see how the need for inculturation can be questioned. But, of course, I am not immune to error in whatever form. My convicti...
http://www.ritesofpassage.org/ds99-1.htm#religion
The American media usually portrays it as backwards, ignorant, evil. But then, the American media is still very eurocentric regardless of the great strides in equality taken over the last 50 years.
http://www.blurtit.com/q826905.html
There needs to be an explanation about the meaning of "theology" Theology is a word that is divided up into two parts "theo" and "ology" ology is the standard form for the meaning of "the study of" Th...
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Shamanism is probably what you are looking for.
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