Mbiti, John S. <br/><br/>
African religions & philosophy / 
 African religions and philosophy 
John S. Mbiti. 
 - 2nd rev. and enl. ed. 
 - Gaborone :  Heinemann Education Botswana (Publishers) Pty) Ltd.,  1990 [reprinted 2008]. 
 - xiv, 288 p. :  map ;  22 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-278) and index. 
<br/><br/>  The study of African religions and philosophy --   The concept of time as a key to the understanding and interpretatio n of African religions and philosophy --   The nature of God --   The works of God --   God and nature --   The worship of God --   Spiri tual beings, spirits and the living-dead --   The creation and origina l state of man --   Ethnic groups, kinship and the individual --   Bi rth and childhood --   Initiation and puberty rites --   Marriage and procreation --   Death and the hereafter --   Specialists: medicine- men, rainmakers, kings, and priests --   Mystical power, magic, witchc raft, and sorcery --   The concepts of evil, ethics, and justice --   Changing man and his problems --   Christianity, Islam and other r eligions in Africa --   The search for new values, identity and securi ty.   Introduction -- 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0435895915 9780435895914 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2008-472264 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Philosophy, African.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Africa, Sub-Saharan--religion.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>299.6