African Traditional Religion

African Traditional Religion
Religion: ATR

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  • African traditional religion — African traditional religions, also referred to as African indigenous religions or African tribal religions, is a term referring to a variety of religions indigenous to the continent of Africa. Like tribal religions from other parts of the world …   Wikipedia

  • AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS —    the RELIGIONS of African peoples have developed within various African CULTURES without being influenced by major world religions such as CHRISTIANITY, HINDUISM or ISLAM. Although there is an infinite variety of traditional religions in Africa …   Concise dictionary of Religion

  • TRADITIONAL RELIGION —    those religions, usually of relatively small and isolated SOCIAL GROUPS, which rely upon ORAL TRADITIONS and follow a pattern established over generations without major or conscious input from the great world religions of the ABRAMIC and YOGIC …   Concise dictionary of Religion

  • African American culture — in the United States refers to the cultural contributions of African ethnic groups to the culture of the United States, either as part of or distinct from American culture. The distinct identity of African American culture is rooted in the… …   Wikipedia

  • Religion in Africa — is multifaceted. Most Africans adhere to either Christianity or Islam. Islam and Christianity contest which is larger, but many people that are adherents of both religions also practice African traditional religions, with traditions of folk… …   Wikipedia

  • African Theology — (with a capital T) refers to a particular school of African theologians who have attempted to reconcile Christian theology with African Traditional Religion. Although there are very old Christian traditions on the continent, in the last centuries …   Wikipedia

  • Religion in Afrika — ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil des kulturellen Lebens auf dem Kontinent. Religion in Afrika umfasst beinahe alle Bereiche des Lebens und spielt für die Menschen eine zentrale Rolle. Dem Christentum und dem Islam gehört die überwiegende Mehrheit …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • AFRICAN RELIGIONS —    although some books speak about African religion it is clear that there are many religions in Africa. The main ones are AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGIONS, CHRISTIANITY and ISLAM. The study of African religions is greatly neglected in religious… …   Concise dictionary of Religion

  • AFRICAN INDEPENDENT CHURCH —    since the late nineteenth century thousands of NEW RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS have developed in Africa all of which claim to be CHRISTIAN yet they reject traditional MISSIONARY Churches and attempt to incorporate many TRADITIONAL African BELIEFS and… …   Concise dictionary of Religion

  • Traditional African religion — Main article: Religion in Africa An early 20th century Igbo medicine man in Nigeria, West Africa. The traditional religions indigenous to Africa have, for most of their existence, been orally rather than scripturally transmitted.[1] …   Wikipedia

  • Religion — This article is about a general set of beliefs about life, purpose, etc.. For other uses, see Religion (disambiguation). Religious redirects here. For a member of a Catholic religious order, see Religious (Catholicism) …   Wikipedia


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