Evil in Africa

Evil in Africa
Author: William C. Olsen
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 405
Release: 2015-08-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0253017505

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William C. Olsen, Walter E. A. van Beek, and the contributors to this volume seek to understand how Africans have confronted evil around them. Grouped around notions of evil as a cognitive or experiential problem, evil as malevolent process, and evil as an inversion of justice, these essays investigate what can be accepted and what must be condemned in order to evaluate being and morality in African cultural and social contexts. These studies of evil entanglements take local and national histories and identities into account, including state politics and civil war, religious practices, Islam, gender, and modernity.

African Religions

African Religions
Author: Jacob K. Olupona
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 177
Release: 2014
Genre: History
ISBN: 0199790582

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This book connects traditional religions to the thriving religious activity in Africa today.

Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa

Witchcraft and Sorcery in East Africa
Author: John Middleton
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 315
Release: 2013-11-05
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 113655145X

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Containing ten essays by anthropologists on the beliefs and practices associated with witches and sorcerers in Eastern Africa, the chapters in this book are all based on field research and new information which is studied within its wider social context. First published in 1963.

Imagining Evil

Imagining Evil
Author: Gerrie ter Haar
Publisher: Africa Research and Publications
Total Pages: 356
Release: 2007
Genre: Witch hunting
ISBN:

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Black Magic

Black Magic
Author: Yvonne P. Chireau
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 234
Release: 2006-11-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 0520249887

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Black Magic looks at the origins, meaning, and uses of Conjure—the African American tradition of healing and harming that evolved from African, European, and American elements—from the slavery period to well into the twentieth century. Illuminating a world that is dimly understood by both scholars and the general public, Yvonne P. Chireau describes Conjure and other related traditions, such as Hoodoo and Rootworking, in a beautifully written, richly detailed history that presents the voices and experiences of African Americans and shows how magic has informed their culture. Focusing on the relationship between Conjure and Christianity, Chireau shows how these seemingly contradictory traditions have worked together in a complex and complementary fashion to provide spiritual empowerment for African Americans, both slave and free, living in white America. As she explores the role of Conjure for African Americans and looks at the transformations of Conjure over time, Chireau also rewrites the dichotomy between magic and religion. With its groundbreaking analysis of an often misunderstood tradition, this book adds an important perspective to our understanding of the myriad dimensions of human spirituality.

Exposing the Evil Deeds of Darkness

Exposing the Evil Deeds of Darkness
Author: Feumba Samen
Publisher:
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2016-05-17
Genre:
ISBN: 9781533306845

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Exposing the Evil Deeds of Darkness explores an area of missions long underreported and overlooked--witchcraft and its pervasive influence on Christianity in Africa. Whereas missionaries may have been aware of its existence, they were unprepared by their training to deal with it. Thus witchcraft was relegated to the category of superstition. This allowed the evil practices to freely penetrate Christian lives, weakening their testimony and keeping them from a true awareness of God's rich promises to His children. This book not only provides the history of witchcraft since Christianity was introduced into Africa, it reveals a rich biblical approach on how Christians can be taught to withstand the diabolical influences which surround them daily. Samen's prayer is that this book will educate and inspire changes in how much of African Christianity is perceived and practiced.

Readings on Religion and Culture in Africa

Readings on Religion and Culture in Africa
Author: Ejizu, Chris I.
Publisher: M & J Grand Orbit Communications
Total Pages: 278
Release: 2016-09-13
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9785420868

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This is a book of reading on religion and culture in Africa comprising ten papers by experts in religion and cultural matters and an introductory note by the editor himself. Covered in the volume are papers covering: the impact of secularisation and urbanisation on a most cherished socio-cultural practice of the extended family system of the Isoko people in Nigeria; the traditional medical practices in Urhobo with particular focus on the use of local herbs to treat ailments; the socioreligious as well as the political significance of Obiri (family hall) in Ikwerreland; the rationale behind the use of the concept ‘Dunamis’ in the Gospel According to Staint Mark. Although his paper does not focus on African (traditional) religion, its inclusion here is based purely on the theological significance of the concept of ‘Dunamis’; the extent to which evil spirits and mysterious forces have influenced the religion and culture of the Urhobo people of Nigeria; the significance of festivals in the traditional African society; John Wesley’s innovations in Christendom and their implications for Africa; the recent unprecedented upsurge in the assumed use of religious powers to cast out evil spirits as well as for prayer healing among Muslims in Nigeria; the culture of alienation, anxiety and violence, drawing inspiration from the Fall Story of Genesis 3; and the widowhood practices of some areas in Nigeria.

West African Religion

West African Religion
Author: Geoffrey Parrinder
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2014-09-17
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1498204929

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Exposing the Evil Deeds of Darkness

Exposing the Evil Deeds of Darkness
Author: Feumba Samen
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 204
Release: 2017-03-15
Genre: Christianity
ISBN: 9781544728506

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Exposing the Evil Deeds of Darkness explores an area of missions long under-reported and overlooked-witchcraft and its pervasive influence on Christianity in Africa. Whereas missionaries may have been aware of its existence, they were unprepared by their training to deal with it. Thus witchcraft was relegated to the category of superstition. This allowed the evil practices to freely penetrate Christian lives, weakening their testimony and keeping them from a true awareness of God's rich promises to His children. This book not only provides the history of witchcraft since Christianity was introduced into Africa, it reveals a rich biblical approach on how Christians can be taught to withstand the diabolical influences which surround them daily. Samen's prayer is that this book will educate and inspire changes in how much of African Christianity is perceived and practiced.