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Religious Conversion: An African Perspective
By Brendan Carmody
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Religious Conversion: An African Perspective includes a selection of key texts which are not easily accessible elsewhere. Most of the chapters discuss the long-standing thesis of Robin Horton who argues that religious change results from social transformation. The contributors provide different perspectives on what remains an ongoing provocative, though inconclusive debate. The book has chapters on conversion in Africa from such authorities as Robin Horton, Humphrey Fisher, and Richard Gray. It also contains chapters on Zambia by Elizaebeth Colson, Brendan Carmody, Austin Cheyeka, Felix Phiri and W Van Binsbergen. This collection of chapters provides an introduction to the discussion surrounding the query: Did the Christian and Muslim messages bring something fundamentally new to the African religious horizon? What has indigenisation meant? What is the role of traditional religion?
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PUBLISHER:
Gadsden Publishers
RELEASED:
Sep 17, 2018
ISBN:
9789982241168
FORMAT:
Book
About the author
BCBrendan Carmody
Brendan Carmody is formerly professor of Religious Education at the University of Zambia and is currently associate research professor at the Institute of Education, University College London.
