| Titre : | African Religion : the Moral Traditions of Abundant Life |
| Auteurs : | MAGESA Laurenti, Auteur |
| Type de document : | texte imprimé |
| Editeur : | Maryknoll (USA) : Orbis, 1997 |
| ISBN/ISSN/EAN : | 978-1-57075-105-9 |
| Format : | 296 p. / Index |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Mots-clés: | RELIGION TRADITIONNELLE AFRICAINE , ETHIQUE , POLITIQUE |
| Résumé : | This is an excellent exploration and analysis of African Religious thoughts and practices. The author's expositions are detailed, especially when speaking about the usually more obscure African societies. What's extremely interesting is the logic behind the practices such as (before entering 'rites of passage') leaving a child in the wilderness temporarily in order to teach the child that alone they are nothing, they literally do not exist. They can only BE within the context of a community. Needless to say, these lessons are invaluable. How one personally feels about the methods used is a matter of one's stance on right and wrong. What's disconcerting at times is the African's reliance on supernatural explanations when a predicament's causal factors aren't ostensible. You wish they'd use a logic correlate with superstition as the latter is not going to be the path to ensure the continent's resurgence. Still, the reliance on the purely ethereal is not as common as the public assumes. I felt that Magesa's writing may occassionally be a little too didactic . The target audience should be the layman African as to foster more inter-ethnic solidarity and Africans abroad in order to de-program and relinquish themselves from the dogmatic and rigid Religions that have them in a perpetual state of psychological enslavement. In this regard, the book may be a little over-written and too erudite. At any rate, it's more than worth the read and should be a part of every African's library. It will give you spiritual direction and what the Rastas say, "Guidance". |
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