African religion defined : a systematic study of ancestor worship among the Akan / / Anthony Ephirim-Donkor

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910963690003321
• Autore: Ephirim-Donkor Anthony
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Lanham, : University Press of America, 2012; New York : , : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), , 2012
• ISBN: 0-7618-9265-6; 0-7618-8316-9; 1-283-61375-1; 9786613926203; 0-7618-5329-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (160 p.)
• Disciplina: 299.683385
• Soggetti: Akan (African people) - Religion; Ancestor worship - Côte d'Ivoire; Ancestor worship - Ghana; African American Studies; Ancestor worship; Anthropology; Antiquities & Archaeology; Archaeology; Cultural; Customs & Traditions; Deism; Devotional; Ethnic & Tribal; Ethnic Studies; Faith; History; Methodology; Mysticism; Philosophy; Regional Studies; RELIGION; SOCIAL SCIENCE; Sociology of Religion; Sociology; Côte d'Ivoire Religious life and customs; Ghana Religious life and customs; Côte d'Ivoire; Ghana
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-142) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.