TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ephirim-Donkor,Anthony
TI  - African Religion Defined: A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan
SN  - 9780761853299
AV  - BL2480.A4 -- E64 2010eb 
U1  - 299.683385 
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Lanham, MD
PB  - UPA
KW  - Akan (African people) -- Religion
KW  - Ancestor worship -- Côte d'Ivoire
KW  - Ancestor worship -- Ghana
KW  - Côte d'Ivoire -- Religious life and customs
KW  - Ghana -- Religious life and customs
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1: Cosmology -- Chapter 2: Witchcraft -- Chapter 3: Sacrifices and Offerings -- Chapter 4: Living Ancestors -- Chapter 5: The Ancestors Stool -- Endnotes -- Glossary -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author
N2  - The author, a traditional king and professor, studies the Akan in Ghana to demonstrate that ancestor worship is as pragmatic, systematic, theological, teleological, soteriological - with a highly trained clerical body and elders as mediators - and symbolic as any other religion in the world
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ER  -