wyszukanych pozycji: 9
African Personality and Spirituality: The Role of Abosom and Human Essence
ISBN: 9781498521246 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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African Personality and Spirituality: The Role of Abosom and Human Essence
ISBN: 9781498521222 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 210 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. There is a divine pronouncement among the Akan that all human beings are children of God (Nana Nyame), none a child of the earth (mother); meaning that human beings are spiritual in origin, descending directly from God via the Abosom (gods and goddesses). Every person then has a deity as father ( gya-bosom), recognition of which existentially enables a person to fulfil one s career or professional blueprint (Nkrabea). Intrinsically, therefore, human beings embody the very essence of the Abosom, which manifests itself behaviorally and psychologically in a manner identical to those of the gods...
There is a divine pronouncement among the Akan that all human beings are children of God (Nana Nyame), none a child of the earth (mother); meaning tha...
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486,95 zł |
African Spirituality: On Becoming Ancestors, Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780761854678 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 200 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) African spirituality among the Akan people of Ghana can be defined as a developmental quest to achieve ancestorhood in heaven (Samanadzie) after first attaining eldership and wisdom in the corporeal world (Wiadzie). The African life, then, is a cycle. A human originates in the Samanadzie as a spiritual personality (?saman) after being joined by a spirit (Sunsum). At birth, a newborn is endowed with a soul (?kra), becoming a living being (?kratsiasifo). During adulthood, a person embarks on an ethical existence (?bra b?), the successful application of which leads a community to confer an...
African spirituality among the Akan people of Ghana can be defined as a developmental quest to achieve ancestorhood in heaven (Samanadzie) after first...
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321,87 zł |
African Spirituality: On Becoming Ancestors, Third Edition
ISBN: 9780761872603 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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297,11 zł |
African Religion Defined: A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship Among the Akan
ISBN: 9780761868446 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worship--with the addition of three new chapters. Beginning with Akan theology and ending with sacrifices, the study examines Akan conception of God, the abosom (gods and goddesses) relative to creation, centrality of the ancestors' stool as the ultimate religious symbol housing the soul of the Akan, and organized annual propitiatory festivities carried out among the Akan in honor of the ancestors (Nananom Nsamanfo) and abosom. The book, therefore, serves as an invaluable resource for those interested in the phenomenon of African religion,...
This edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worship--with the addition of three new chapters. Beginning with Akan theology and ending with sacrif...
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297,11 zł |
African Religion Defined: A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan, 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780761860570 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) African religion is ancestor worship; it revolves around the dead, now thought to be alive and well in heaven (the Samanadzie) and propitiated by the living on earth. For the Akan, the ancestors stool is the emblem of the ancestors (Nananom Nsamanfo). Led by their kings and queen mothers as living ancestors, the Akan periodically propitiate the ancestors stools housing their ancestors. In return, the ancestors and deities influence the affairs of living descendants, making ancestor worship as tenably viable as any other religion. This second edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worship...
African religion is ancestor worship; it revolves around the dead, now thought to be alive and well in heaven (the Samanadzie) and propitiated by the ...
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321,87 zł |
The Making of an African King: Patrilineal and Matrilineal Struggle Among the Awutu (Effutu) of Ghana
ISBN: 9780761870708 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 340 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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340,43 zł |
The Making of an African King: Patrilineal and Matrilineal Struggle Among the ?wutu (Effutu) of Ghana, Revised Edition
ISBN: 9780761865032 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 286 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) Kingship (chieftaincy) disputes are commonplace in Ghana. These disputes may begin as rivalries among eligible candidates, or when ineligible candidates are elected caretaker kings due to their invaluable services to a royal family. However, upon the demise of the caretaker rulers, sometimes their descendants refuse to cede power, thus creating protracted and sometimes violent power struggles. This is exactly what happened to the Ᾱwutu-ābe (Effutu) of Simpa. In 1898, twenty-seven years after the death of a caretaker ruler elected by the Otuano Royal Family for his invaluable...
Kingship (chieftaincy) disputes are commonplace in Ghana. These disputes may begin as rivalries among eligible candidates, or when ineligible candidat...
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321,87 zł |
The Making of an African King: Patrilineal and Matrilineal Struggle Among the Effutu of Ghana, Second Edition
ISBN: 9780761847786 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 238 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) This book is a study examining the causes of the kingship internecine struggle among the Effutu by exploring the two traditional systems of succession, the patrilineal and the matrilineal among the Effutu (Awutu-abe), and how best to end political violence.
This book is a study examining the causes of the kingship internecine struggle among the Effutu by exploring the two traditional systems of succession...
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340,43 zł |