Acknowledgements

Foreword: Listening to Africa

Preface: Religious plurality in Africa

A biographical sketch

Introduction: Issues and perspectives on religious plurality in Africa

I The Study of African Traditional Religion

The study of African religions in retrospect From “Westernization” to “Africanization”

African traditional religion: An enduring heritage

Time and African beliefs revisited

Traditional African healing system versus Western medicine in Southern Ghana: An encounter

Gods as policemen: Religion and social control in Igboland

II African Theology

African theology revisited

Civil authority – From the perspective of African theology

The Bible and oral tradition

III Africa and Christianity

Africa and Christianity. Domestication of Christian values in the African church

African independent churches and theological scholarship in Germany

The issue of social justice and order in Africa

IV Africa and Some World Religions

Islamic revivalism in West Africa: Historical perspectives and recent developments

Christian-Muslim relations in Africa

The place and role of India’s religions in Africa

Africa and Judaism: Retrospect, problems and prospects

V Responses to John Mbiti’s Work

John Mbiti’s work on African religion as reflected in the perceptions of students in a British university

A critique of John Mbiti’s view on love and marriage in Africa

John Mbiti’s contribution to African theology

John Mbiti’s contribution to African philosophy

Bibliography

Notes on contributors

Subject index

Index of names and authors

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