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020 _a9781594521744
035 _a(OCoLC)24019879
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm24019879
035 _a329338
040 _aEMT
_beng
_erda
_cEMT
049 _aPTSS
082 _a276 Gehman
100 1 _aGehman, Richard J.,
_d1935-
245 1 0 _aAfrican traditional religion in Biblical perspective /
_cby Richard J. Gehman.
260 _a[Nairobi]:
_bOasis International Ltd.,
_c2012
300 _a386 pages ;
_c21 cm.
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent.
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia.
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 303-308) and indexes.
505 0 _aIntroduction / Rev. Dr. David Kitonga -- Forward / Mr. Jon Arensen -- Foundational issues for African traditional religion -- Studies in African traditional religion -- Origins of religion -- Focus of African traditional religion : man -- Mystical powers in African traditional religion -- Summary of mystical powers in Africa -- Case study of the Akamba : mystical powers -- Mystical powers worldwide -- Mystical powers in biblical perspective -- The spirit world in African traditional religion -- Divinities in Africa -- Summary of spirits in Africa -- Case study of the Akamba : ancestral spirits -- The spirit world : worldwide -- The spirit world in biblical perspective -- The supreme being in African traditional religion -- Summary of belief in the supreme being in ATR -- Case study of the Akamba : the supreme being -- The supreme being worldwide -- Truth in ATR in biblical perspective -- Error in ATR in biblical perspective -- Concluding observations -- The relationship of biblical Christianity to ATR -- Syncretism -- A Christian attitude.
650 0 _aReligions
_xAfrican influence.
650 0 _aChristianity and other religions
_xAfrican.
650 0 _aMissions
_zAfrica, Sub-Saharan.
651 0 _aAfrica, Sub-Saharan
_xReligion.
942 _2ddc
_cBK
_h276
_mGehman
_n0
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