African Religion Defined : A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan.

By: Ephirim-Donkor, AnthonyMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Lanham, MD : UPA, 2010Copyright date: ©2012Description: 1 online resource (160 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780761853299Subject(s): Akan (African people) -- Religion | Ancestor worship -- Côte d'Ivoire | Ancestor worship -- Ghana | Côte d'Ivoire -- Religious life and customs | Ghana -- Religious life and customsGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: African Religion Defined : A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the AkanDDC classification: 299.683385 LOC classification: BL2480.A4 -- E64 2010ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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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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.

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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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