02503nam 2200625Ia 450 991046329510332120200520144314.01-283-61375-197866139262030-7618-5329-4(CKB)3360000000435056(EBL)1124490(OCoLC)854970459(SSID)ssj0000767923(PQKBManifestationID)12331911(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000767923(PQKBWorkID)10759190(PQKB)10652581(MiAaPQ)EBC1124490(Au-PeEL)EBL1124490(CaPaEBR)ebr10606991(CaONFJC)MIL392620(EXLCZ)99336000000043505620100814d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAfrican religion defined[electronic resource] a systematic study of ancestor worship among the Akan /Anthony Ephirim-DonkorLanham, MD University Press of America20101 online resource (160 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7618-5328-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-142) and index.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 AuthorThe 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.Akan (African people)ReligionAncestor worshipGhanaAncestor worshipCôte d'IvoireGhanaReligious life and customsCôte d'IvoireReligious life and customsElectronic books.Akan (African people)Religion.Ancestor worshipAncestor worship299.683385Ephirim-Donkor Anthony662162MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463295103321African religion defined2035648UNINA