The Archangel Michael in Africa

The Archangel Michael in Africa
Author: Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1350084735

Download The Archangel Michael in Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach in order to understand angels, focusing on Africa and the cult and persona of the Archangel Michael. Traditional methods in the study of religion including philology, papyrology, art and iconography, anthropology, history, and psychology are combined with methodologies deriving from memory studies, graphic design, art education, and semiotics. Chapters explore both historical and contemporary case studies from Coptic Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and South Africa, providing a comparative perspective on the Archangel Michael, alongside 25 images. Innovative in both its methodologies and geographical focus, this book is an important contribution to the study of religion and art, Christianity in Africa, and Coptic studies.

The African Christian Diaspora

The African Christian Diaspora
Author: Afe Adogame
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2013-04-04
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1441136673

Download The African Christian Diaspora Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Informative guide offering interpretation and analysis of African immigrant Christianities in Western societies and their impact on the wider local-global religious scene.

Christianity in Africa and the African Diaspora

Christianity in Africa and the African Diaspora
Author: Roswith Gerloff
Publisher: A&C Black
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2011-05-12
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 144112330X

Download Christianity in Africa and the African Diaspora Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

An exploration of the rapid development of African Christianity, offering an analysis and interpretation of its movements and issues.

The Archangel Michael in Africa

The Archangel Michael in Africa
Author: Ingvild Sælid Gilhus
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2019
Genre: Africa
ISBN: 9781350084742

Download The Archangel Michael in Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

"This book takes an interdisciplinary approach in order to understand angels, focusing on Africa and the cult and persona of the Archangel Michael. Traditional methods in the study of religion including philology, papyrology, art and iconography, anthropology, history, and psychology are combined with methodologies deriving from memory studies, graphic design, art education, and semiotics. Chapters explore both historical and contemporary case studies from Coptic Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and South Africa, providing a comparative perspective on the Archangel Michael. The book contains 25 images, and further images can be found on the book's webpage. Innovative in both its methodologies and geographical focus, this book is an important contribution to the study of religion and art, Christianity in Africa, and Coptic studies."--Bloomsbury publishing.

Who Is Michael the Archangel?

Who Is Michael the Archangel?
Author: Doug Batchelor
Publisher:
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2002-01-01
Genre:
ISBN: 9781580191470

Download Who Is Michael the Archangel? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

African Spirituality, Politics, and Knowledge Systems

African Spirituality, Politics, and Knowledge Systems
Author: Toyin Falola
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2022-03-10
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1350271969

Download African Spirituality, Politics, and Knowledge Systems Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Focusing on the three leading religious traditions in Africa (African Traditional Religion, Islam, and Christianity), this book shows how belief in the supremacy of sacred words compels actions and influences practices in contemporary Africa. "Sacred words” are taken to mean holy texts as in divination, the Quran and the Bible. Toyin Falola evaluates how religious leaders engage with sacred words, both orals and texts, engendering practices that reveal the expression of religious beliefs, the impact of those beliefs, and the knowledge contained in them. Attention is given to the key ideas in the words chosen by religious leaders, and how they form a continuous knowledge system, impacting the politics of managing society and people.

Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?

Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things?
Author: Robert Bartlett
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 806
Release: 2013-11-10
Genre: History
ISBN: 0691159130

Download Why Can the Dead Do Such Great Things? Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

From its earliest centuries, one of the most notable features of Christianity has been the veneration of the saints—the holy dead. This ambitious history tells the fascinating story of the cult of the saints from its origins in the second-century days of the Christian martyrs to the Protestant Reformation. Robert Bartlett examines all of the most important aspects of the saints—including miracles, relics, pilgrimages, shrines, and the saints' role in the calendar, literature, and art. The book explores the central role played by the bodies and body parts of saints, and the special treatment these relics received. From the routes, dangers, and rewards of pilgrimage, to the saints' impact on everyday life, Bartlett's account is an unmatched examination of an important and intriguing part of the religious life of the past—as well as the present.

The Archangel Michael in Africa

The Archangel Michael in Africa
Author: Ingvild Saelid Gilhus
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 264
Release: 2019-08-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1350084727

Download The Archangel Michael in Africa Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

This book takes an interdisciplinary approach in order to understand angels, focusing on Africa and the cult and persona of the Archangel Michael. Traditional methods in the study of religion including philology, papyrology, art and iconography, anthropology, history, and psychology are combined with methodologies deriving from memory studies, graphic design, art education, and semiotics. Chapters explore both historical and contemporary case studies from Coptic Egypt, Nubia, Ethiopia, and South Africa, providing a comparative perspective on the Archangel Michael, alongside 25 images. Innovative in both its methodologies and geographical focus, this book is an important contribution to the study of religion and art, Christianity in Africa, and Coptic studies.

Angels: God's Messengers and Spirit Army

Angels: God's Messengers and Spirit Army
Author: United Church of God
Publisher: United Church of God
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2017-05-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1365952142

Download Angels: God's Messengers and Spirit Army Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Angels are God’s messengers and His spirit army, and they are very numerous. Make no mistake, angels do exist! They exist to serve “those who will inherit salvation”. But because they are invisible, we tend to forget their role in carrying out God’s purpose and plan. Many angels have been given the duty of serving our needs, and their responsibilities and assignments may change with circumstances. Inside study aid: -- The Origin of the Spirit Realm -- The Vast Multitudes of Heaven’s Armies -- Should We Worship or Pray to Angels? -- Appearing in Human Form -- Did Angels Interbreed With Women to Produce Giants? -- Popular, But Wrong, Ideas About Angels -- Where Did the Idea of Angels as Babies Originate? -- Leading Angels: Michael and Gabriel -- What Is the Origin of Satan and Demons? -- Different Kinds of Angels -- Serving God and Mankind -- Personal Stories of Angelic Encounters

Indigeneity in African Religions

Indigeneity in African Religions
Author: Afe Adogame
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 297
Release: 2023-06-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 1350274356

Download Indigeneity in African Religions Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

Based on religious ethnography, in-depth interviews and archival data, Indigeneity in African Religions explores the historical origins, worldviews, cosmologies, ritual symbolism and praxis of the indigenous Oza people in South West Nigeria. The author's locationality and positionality plugs the book within decolonizing knowledges and indigeneity discourses, thus unpacking the complexity of “indigeneity” and contributing to its conceptual understanding within socioreligious change in contemporary Africa. The future of Oza indigeneity in the face of modernity is illuminated against the backlash of encounters, contestations with multiple hegemonies, transmissions of Christianity and Islam and indigenous (re)appropriations. Thus, any theorizations of such encounters must be cognizant of instantiations of indigeneity politics and identity, culture, tradition and power dynamics. Through decolonizing burdens of history, memory and method, Afe Adogame demonstrates a framework of understanding Oza indigenous religious,sociocultural and political imaginaries.