1.

Record Nr.

UNISA990003140890203316

Autore

AMMARI, Habib

Titolo

Reconstruction of small inhomogeneities from boundary measurements / Habib Ammari, Hyeonbae Kang

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin [etc.] : Springer, copyr. 2004

ISBN

3-540-22483-1

Descrizione fisica

IX, 238 p. ; 24 cm

Collana

Lecture notes in mathematics ; 1846

Altri autori (Persone)

KANG, Hyeonbae

Disciplina

620.11

Soggetti

Tecnologia dei materiali

Collocazione

510 LNM 1846

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910975075103321

Titolo

Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora / / edited by Carolyn M. Jones Medine, Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2015

ISBN

9781137498052

1137498056

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

200.96

Soggetti

Religion and sociology

Christianity

Ethnology - Africa

Culture

Religion

Islam

Religions

Sociology of Religion

African Culture

Comparative Religion

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Religious traditions in Africa: an overview of origins, basic beliefs and practices / Ibigbolade S. Aderibigbe -- Modern trends in the teaching of African religion in the 21st century: conceptual decolonization / Rotimi Williams Omotoye -- African religion in 21st century and the search for philosophical relevance / Francis Adewale Olajide -- African religious movements and pentecostalism: the model of Ijo-Orunmila, Ato / Oguntola Oye-Laguda -- African religion and health care delivery in Africa / Kelvin Onongha -- Some ethical reflections on African indigenous religion and Christianity / Rotimi Williams Omotoye -- Christianity in contemporary African religious space / Pius Oyeniran Abioje -- Islam in contemporary African society / R. Ibrahim Adebayo



-- African derived religions in diaspora: an overview / M. I. Oguntoyinbo-Atere -- Art and music in African derived diaspora religions / Adeoluwa Okunade -- Sojourner Truth, hybrid identity, and multi-vocal text / Carolyn M. Jones Medine -- Womanist spirituality: legacies of freedom / Melanie L. Harris -- Initiation and possession in Santería, Candomblé, and Voudou / Umesh Patel -- Mythology of rituals and sacrifices in African-derived diaspora religions / Osei A. Mensah -- Socio-religious agencies of Santería religions in the United States of America / Robert Y. Owusu -- Modern legal issues in the practice of African diaspora religions / Danielle Boaz -- African religious systems in the context of world religions: challenges for the American scholars / Maha Marouan -- African initiated churches and African immigrants in the United States: a model in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, North America (RCCGNA) / Ibigbolade Aderibigbe -- Islamic communities in the United States: issues of religion and political identity / Yushau Sodiq.

Sommario/riassunto

Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora explores African derived religions in a globalized world. The volume focuses on the continent, on African identity in globalization, and on African religion in cultural change.