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Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora

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  1. Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe
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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

    • Carolyn M. Jones Medine, Ibigbolade Aderibigbe
    Pages 1-5

  3. Religious Traditions in Africa: An Overview of Origins, Basic Beliefs, and Practices

    • Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe
    Pages 7-29

  4. Modern Trends in the Teaching of African Religion in the Twenty-First Century: Conceptual Decolonization

    • Rotimi Williams Omotoye
    Pages 31-39

  5. African Religion in Twenty-First Century and the Search for Philosophical Relevance

    • Francis Adewale Olajide
    Pages 41-47

  6. African Religious Movements and Pentecostalism: The Model of Ijo-Orunmila, Ato

    • Oguntola Oye-Laguda
    Pages 49-59

  7. African Religion and Health Care Delivery in Africa

    • Kelvin Onongha
    Pages 61-69

  8. Religion and the Environment: Some Ethical Reflections on African Indigenous Religion and Christianity

    • Rotimi Williams Omotoye
    Pages 71-78

  9. Christianity in Contemporary African Religious Space

    • Pius Oyeniran Abioje
    Pages 79-99

  10. Islam in the Contemporary African Society

    • R. Ibrahim Adebayo
    Pages 101-118

  11. African-Derived Religions in Diaspora: An Overview

    • M. I. Oguntoyinbo-Atere
    Pages 119-124

  12. Arts and Music in African Derived Diaspora Religions

    • Adeoluwa Okunade
    Pages 125-132

  13. Women in the African Diaspora: Sojourner Truth, Hybrid Identity, and Multi-vocal Text

    • Carolyn M. Jones Medine
    Pages 133-145

  14. Womanist Spirituality: Legacies of Freedom

    • Melanie L. Harris
    Pages 147-163

  15. Finding Home in a Foreign Land: Initiation and Possession in Santería, Candomblé, and Voudou

    • Umesh Patel
    Pages 165-177

  16. Mythology of Rituals and Sacrifices in African-Derived Diaspora Religions

    • Osei A. Mensah
    Pages 179-197

  17. Socioreligious Agencies of Santería Religion in the United States of America

    • Robert Y. Owusu
    Pages 199-215

  18. Modern Legal Issues in the Practice of African Diaspora Religions

    • Danielle Boaz
    Pages 217-234

  19. African Religious Systems in the Context of World Religions: Challenges for the American Scholars

    • Maha Marouan
    Pages 235-240

  20. African Initiated Churches and African Immigrants in the United States: A Model in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, North America (RCCGNA)

    • Ibigbolade Aderibigbe
    Pages 241-258
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Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora explores African derived religions in a globalized world. The volume focuses on the continent, on African identity in globalization, and on African religion in cultural change.

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'This a significant collection, which engages broad and significant issues regarding religion and religious practices. The editors are to be commended for bringing this number and variety of authors together around a subject still in need of examination.' - Jualynne E. Dodson, Professor, Department of Sociology and the Graduate Program in African American & African Studies, Michigan State University, USA

'This is welcome introduction to current research and critical analysis of the religious traditions in Africa and the African diaspora. The contributors note the historic, philosophical, socio-cultural, moral, and legal implications of religions rooted in African realities and their rich and varied groundings in the diaspora. This book will be a valuable tool for many, especially students of the new African diaspora who have to welcome and appreciate learning and 'singing [the divine message and song] in a strange land.' - Elias Kifon Bongmba, Harry and Hazel Chair in Christian Theology, Professor of Religion, and President of the African Association for the Study of Religion, Rice University, USA

About the authors

Maha Marouan, University of Alabama, USA Abioje P. O., University of Ilorin, Nigeria Adeboye Muhammed Akanbi Nurudeen, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Rotimi Omotoye, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Francis Olajide, Ekiti State University, Nigeria Rotimi Omotoye, University of Ilorin, Nigeria Adepju Jhonson-Bashua, Lagos State University, Nigeria Oguntola Laguda, Lagos State University, Nigeria Carolyn Medine, University of Georgia, USA David Olali, Claremont Graduate University, USA Kidogo Kennedy, University of Southern California, USA Melaine L. Harris, Texas Christian University, USA Robert Y. Owusu, Clark Atlanta University, USA Danielle Boaz, Drake University, USA Yushau Sodiq, Texas Christian University, USA

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