African Spirituality: On Becoming Ancestors
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (969 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0761854673 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 200 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-12-15 |
| Language | : | English |
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Dr. This revised edition reflects years of additional research, with newer and deeper insights on the vast subject of African spirituality.. EphirimDonkor thoughtfully explores the spirituality of the Akan people in Ghana and their quest to achieve ancestorhood in heaven (Samanadzie) and eldership on earth (Wiadzie)
A Customer said Very Informative. I wanted to learn something about the traditional beliefs of the Akan people so I ordered this book. It was very readable and very informative. What interested me the most was that the author used structures developed by Fowler and Erikson. Since these two are foundational in the study of western faith and personality de. A real life review of African Spirituality by an Africian This book is written by an African who was educated in the US -- rec'd his PhD from Emory U. This is real look at real life in Ghana among the Ashanti and their view of life and death. This book is the result of Dr. Donkor's research for his PhD. This text is suitable for classroom and research purposes or for those who . "Quick and infomative" according to A Customer. I found this book a very quick read, but incredibly insightful especially with regards to the reasons behind the traditions described. It delves into the consciousness in a personal yet impartial way, which I appreciated.
From their beliefs concerning reincarnation, conception, birth, education, ethical existence, eldership, and death, the Akan people have developed a sequence of culturally defined life stages. -- Midwest Book Review. This paradigm is predicated on a theory of personality that has its ontological basis in God (Nana Nyame) and the primordial woman and her children that formed the original matrilineal community, the ebusua. This structural model utilizes myths and concepts, rites, drams, and elements that form the basis for human development among the Akan people. Focusing on the Akan people in Ghana as a resource for examining the overall conception of human development, African Spirituality is the first book to concentrate on specific developmental processes of an African people from the ancestral world to the mundane and back to the ancestral world. Applying the word of Erik Erikson and James Fowler; the author examines the vast, systematized, and holistic Akan concept
. Anthony Ephirim-Donkor is assistant professor and undergraduate director of Africana Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is the author of The Making of an African King: Patrilineal and Matrilineal Struggle among the Effutu and African Religion Defined: A Systematic Study