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African Religions from a Philosophical Point of View
In Charles Taliaferro & Philip L. Quinn, A Companion to Philosophy of Religion. Cambridge, Mass.: Wiley-Blackwell. pp. 34–43 (1997)
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African religions from a philosophical point of view philosophical discussion of African religions ‐ inquiry into applicability of concept of religion to African life and thought rituals of God ‐ worship as absent from African life idea of the dependency of morality on religion scope of African religion ‐ beliefs and procedures relating to assortment of extra–human beings the “gods,” not of a uniform moral standing ‐ some being good, some bad, others nondescript skepticism regarding spirits and their capabilities ‐ on the part of contemporary Africans The Akans saying, before a person is born into this world ‐ his life principle (okra) comes into God's presence to receive his or her destiny
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