The World as Manifestation of Spirit: Mysticism and Metaphysics in West African Religions
This paper focuses on the concept of the world as interpreted by Amadou Hampaté Bâ, an initiated scholar, from his experience with Fulani and Bamana religions. It examines the meaning of the world as a manifestation of spirit through Bâ’s mystical concept of the ‘living tradition’. Bâ looks at the c...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2017
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2017, Volume: 47, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 311-345 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Fulbe
/ Bambara
/ Nature religion
/ Metaphysics
/ Mysticism
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RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion AZ New religious movements BB Indigenous religions KBN Sub-Saharan Africa |
Further subjects: | B
African Philosophy
African religion
African mysticism
African metaphysics
oral tradition
living tradition
initiation
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