Judaeo-Christian spectacles: Boon or bane to the study of African religions?

For much of the past fifty years, the study of the indigenous religious heritage of Africa has been dominated by social or cultural anthropologists of Western origin and agnostic or atheistic religious views. In recent years, however, the dominance of this set has been challenged by a new wave of sc...

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Main Author: Horton, Robin (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
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Published: EHESS 1984
In: Cahiers d'études africaines
Year: 1984, Volume: 24, Issue: 4/96, Pages: 391-436
Further subjects:B Africa Science of Religion
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