Precolonial Beliefs in God, Nzambi, and Chthonic Beings: Evidence from Kongo Texts
Manuscripts in their own language by indigenous ethnographers at the beginning of the colonial period, not hitherto examined in detail, give unique insight into precolonial beliefs in the Kikongo-speaking region of what was then Belgian Congo, and the transition to Christianity. That transition depe...
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Brill
2022
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2022, Volume: 52, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 1-21 |
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Congo (People)
/ Präkolonialzeit
/ Idea of God
/ Creation theology
/ Semantic change
/ Translation
/ Christianization
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions BS Traditional African religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NBC Doctrine of God NBD Doctrine of Creation |
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Belief
B Nzambi B Translation B Morality B earth spirits B God B Congo |
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