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UNINA9910799236703321 |
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Autore |
Murove Munyaradzi Felix |
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Titolo |
African Spirituality and Ethics : Decolonising a False Dichotomy / / by Munyaradzi Felix Murove |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Cham : , : Springer Nature Switzerland : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed. 2023.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (142 pages) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Africa - Religion |
Anthropology of religion |
Ethics |
Ethnology - Africa |
Culture |
African Religions |
Anthropology of Religion |
Moral Philosophy and Applied Ethics |
African Culture |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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1 Introduction -- 2 The Politicization of Spirituality in Southern Africa -- 3 Essentials of African Spirituality -- 4 A Symbiotic Relationship Between African Spirituality and Ethics -- 5 African Spirituality as the Foundation for a Relational Ethic -- 6 African Communitarian Ethics and Spirituality -- 7 Healing in African Spirituality and Ethics. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book explores the symbiotic relationship that exists between African spirituality and ethics. Felix Murove discusses how these two concepts are entwined, and illustrates how they play a role in applied ethical issues. He argues that the general understanding of spirituality in Africa stems from Christianity, which has had a negative impact on African indigenous spirituality. The conceptual tools that run throughout the book are considerably Afro-centric, a methodological strategy which inevitably requires the reader to adopt some prior |
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