Contemporary Perspectives on Religions in Africa and the African Diaspora.

Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables -- Introduction Contemporary Perspectives on African and African Diaspora Religions -- 1 Religious Traditions in Africa: An Overview of Origins, Basic Beliefs, and Practices -- 2 Modern Trends in the Teaching of African Religion in the Twenty-First Century: Conceptual Decolonization -- 3 African Religion in Twenty-First Century and the Search for Philosophical Relevance -- 4 African Religious Movements and Pentecostalism: The Model of Ijo-Orunmila, Ato -- 5 African Religion and Health Care Delivery in Africa -- 6 Religion and the Environment: Some Ethical Reflections on African Indigenous Religion and Christianity -- 7 Christianity in Contemporary African Religious Space -- 8 Islam in the Contemporary African Society -- 9 African-Derived Religions in Diaspora: An Overview -- 10 Arts and Music in African Derived Diaspora Religions -- 11 Women in the African Diaspora: Sojourner Truth, Hybrid Identity, and Multi-vocal Text -- 12 Womanist Spirituality: Legacies of Freedom -- 13 Finding Home in a Foreign Land: Initiation and Possession in Santería, Candomblé , and Voudou -- 14 Mythology of Rituals and Sacrifices in African-Derived Diaspora Religions -- 15 Socioreligious Agencies of Santería Religion in the United States of America -- 16 Modern Legal Issues in the Practice of African Diaspora Religions -- 17 African Religious Systems in the Context of World Religions: Challenges for the American Scholars -- 18 African Initiated Churches and African Immigrants in the United States: A Model in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, North America (RCCGNA) -- 19 Islamic Communities in the United States: Issues of Religion and Political Identity -- List of Contributors -- Index.

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