scholarly journals African Traditional Religion vis-à-vis the Tackle It Suffers

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 92-109
Author(s):  
Innocent Ogbonna Nweke
Keyword(s):  
Western Civilization ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Traditional Practice ◽  
Indigenous Religion ◽  
Cultural Approach ◽  
Its Analysis ◽  
African Traditional Religion ◽  
Christian Practices

African Traditional Religion is the indigenous religion of the Africans. The religion that has existed before the advent of western civilization which came with secularism as an umbrella that shades Christianity, education, urbanization, colonization and so on. These features of western civilization were impressed upon African Traditional Religion. Hence, the presence of alien cultures and practices in contemporary African traditional practice, as well as the presence of elements of traditionalism in contemporary African Christian practices. This  somewhat symbiosis was discussed in this paper and it was discovered that African Traditional Religion was able to jump all the hurdles of secularism, Christianity, urbanization etc and came out successfully though with bruises. The paper used socio-cultural approach in its analysis.

scholarly journals Christianity and the African traditional religion(s): The postcolonial round of engagement

2011 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Adamo
Keyword(s):  
Rapid Growth ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Mutual Respect ◽  
Indigenous Religion ◽  
Religious Dialogue ◽  
African Traditional Religion ◽  
Colonial Encounter ◽  
Postcolonial Africa ◽  
Urgent Necessity

This article concerned itself with the modern encounter between Christianity and African Indigenous Religion (AIR) in Africa. It is essentially a postcolonial approach to what AIR and its essential characteristics is: God and humanity, sacrifices, afterlife and ancestors. The rapid growth of many religions in Africa and the revival of AIR in postcolonial Africa have made inter-religious dialogue an urgent necessity. Unlike the colonial encounter with AIR, which was characterised by hostility and the condemnation of AIR, the postcolonial encounter should be characterised by mutual respect, understanding, tolerance, and some level of freedom, liberation and genuineness. In this way, suspicion will be reduced, because despite the adherents� confession of Christianity, AIR is not about to be extinct.

scholarly journals African Traditional Religion in Contemporary Africa: The Case of Ghana

2018 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Yaw Sarkodie Agyeman ◽  
Samuel Awuah-Nyamekye
Keyword(s):  
Religious Pluralism ◽  
Contemporary Society ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
General Survey ◽  
World Religions ◽  
Indigenous Religion ◽  
Adequate Theory ◽  
The World ◽  
African Traditional Religion

Globalisation does not permit any religion to be an island to itself. Indigenous  cultures  all  over  the  world  bear  the  brunt  of  a consequent  of  globalisation--religious  pluralism.  On  the  continent of  Africa,  the  five  major  world  religions,  notably  Christianity  and Islam, are slugging it out against each other and, most of the time, collectively  against  the  indigenous  religion  of  the  African.  Besides the challenges religious pluralism poses to the indigenous religion, Africa, like never before is being opened up for investment and the intrusion  of  the  mass  media  and  the  internet.  This  paper  is  a general  survey  examining  how  the  traditional  religion  of  the African is responding to these realities using Ghana as a case study. It  aims  at  an  understanding  of  the  current  manifestation/s  of  the religion.  The  paper  observes  that  syncretism  has  been  used  to analyse  the  current  expression  of  the  religion,  but  the  paper  takes the  position  that  syncretism  is  not  an  adequate  theory  to  explain current  developments  in  the  religion.  It  rather,  advocates thetheories  of  the  market  and  religious  field  as  additional  theories to  explain  current  developments  in  the  religious  space  in  Africa, and  for  that  matter,  Ghana.  The  paper  notes  that  though  there  is competition  in  the  market,  especially  from  impinging  religions especially  Christianity  and  Islam,  opportunities  have  been  opened to  the  indigenous  religion  making  it  to  assume  a  transnational posture. It concludes that the future of African Traditional Religion will  largely  depend  on  its  ability  to  respond  to  market  realities  in order to be continuously relevant to contemporary society. 

African Traditional Religion and Trans-Saharan Migration from Ghana

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-26
Author(s):  
Seth Tweneboah ◽  
Edmond Akwasi Agyeman
Keyword(s):  
Family System ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Livelihood Strategy ◽  
East Region ◽  
The People ◽  
The Family ◽  
Youth Migration ◽  
The Mediterranean ◽  
African Traditional Religion

Abstract This paper interrogates an unexamined component of the religion-migration nexus in Ghana. Using African Traditional Religion as a case in point, the paper examines the function shrines play in sustaining youth migration to Libya and across the Mediterranean to Europe. The paper relies on interviews and fieldtrips to migrant sending communities in the Nkoranza area of the Bono East region of central Ghana. The paper gives an account of the daily realities of prospective migrants, returnees and their families. Among other key findings, it is shown that there is an intricate connection between youth migration, the family system and the deities in sustaining the trans-Saharan migration. This migration, we observe, has become a livelihood strategy, the perpetuation of which reassures the survival of not only the people, but their gods as well.

scholarly journals The Burning Bush (Ex 3:1–6): A study of natural phenomena as manifestation of divine presence in the Old Testament and in African context

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Adamo
Keyword(s):  
Old Testament ◽  
Religious Tradition ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Natural Phenomena ◽  
Divine Presence ◽  
African Christianity ◽  
African Context ◽  
African Traditional Religion

The purpose of this article is to attempt to sketch a new reading of Exodus 3:1–6 in African context. After the analysis of the text and various interpretations of the burning bush, this article attempts to survey the various uses of the word fire/lightning/thunder in the Old Testament and in African indigenous religious tradition (Yoruba tradition). In this case, the legends of Sango, the Yoruba Divinity, are important examples of interpreting the existence of fire/lightning/thunder as a sign of God’s presence. Although the meaning of fire/lightning/thunder in the Old Testament and African traditions is very similar, the author does not subscribe to the notion that African Christianity and African traditional religion are the same. However, the similarity has some important implications for African Christianity despite the differences.

scholarly journals Islam and Traditional Titles in Contemporary Lagos Society: A Historical Analysis

2014 ◽  
Vol 25 ◽  
pp. 42-49
Author(s):  
Hakeem A. Akitoye
Keyword(s):  
West Africa ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Muslim Community ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
African Traditional Religion

Lagos, an area basically inhabited by the Yoruba speaking people of South Western Nigeria and by extension some other parts of West Africa where Islam, Christianity and the African Traditional Religion are still being practised side by side till date with the Africans still being converted to the new faiths without dropping their traditional religion or cultural affiliations. This ideology is very common to the average African who still believes in his culture which has always tainted his way of life or as far as his religion is concerned should not interfere with his culture as the religion as not tacitly condemned some of these practices. This paper intends to examine the extent to which the Yoruba Muslims have been involved in syncretism especially as regards the introduction of the conferment of titles into the Muslim community.

A COMPERATIVE STUDY OF EXORCISM BETWEEN THE AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION AND PENTECOSTALISM

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
armstrong chanda
Keyword(s):  
Human Life ◽  
Diagnostic Methods ◽  
Traditional Religion ◽  
Christian Churches ◽  
Traditional Religions ◽  
Analytical Perspective ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pentecostal Churches ◽  
Evil Spirits ◽  
African Traditional Religion

The belief in the existence of the evil spirits throughout the human history of religious beliefs and adherence has led to the belief that these evil spirits possess people and things and influence them to act weirdly and unholy hence the need to cast them away of the human life. Exorcism has been a prominent practice among the African traditional religions and Christian churches such as Pentecostals. They have been using exorcism to treat suspected victims of demonic possession. The practice of exorcism by ATRs and Pentecostal churches show some resemblance and dissimilarities. The similarities and dissimilarities between the two cover two major areas; diagnostic methods and exorcism practice. Each of the two religions has its distinctive and elaborate diagnostic and exorcism features, yet there are areas of semblance. Exorcism is an integral part of religion. Every religion practices this religious activity some more often than the others. Therefore, having a detailed glance at exorcism from the African traditional religion and Pentecostal churches from a comparative analytical perspective is imperative. An attempt to discuss the meaning of exorcism, healing, spirits, and spirit possession from both ATR and Pentecostalism is imperiously unavoidable.

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