Metanoia: problems and prospects of new orientations to spirituality and prayer in African traditional religions: A case study of Igbo culture area
The author notes that, at the surface level, metanoia means conversion and penitence. However, its deeper meaning is explored by every religious system. He examines its Judaeo-Christian meanings on the one hand and the equivalent meanings in African traditional/Igbo religious contexts. The author po...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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Universitätsbibliothek
1999
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Africana Marburgensia
Year: 1999, Volume: 32, Issue: 1-2, Pages: 57-70 |
| Further subjects: | B
Africa
B People B Religion B Nature religion B Christianity B Tree trunk Ethnology B Traditional culture B Nigeria B Teaching B Catholic school |
| Summary: | The author notes that, at the surface level, metanoia means conversion and penitence. However, its deeper meaning is explored by every religious system. He examines its Judaeo-Christian meanings on the one hand and the equivalent meanings in African traditional/Igbo religious contexts. The author points out that the Igbo in the context of African traditional religious experience have no single term equivalent to the Greek metanoia. (DÜI-Sen) |
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| ISSN: | 0002-0311 |
| Contains: | In: Africana Marburgensia
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