Decolonising African Divine Episteme: A Critical Analysis of the Akan Divine Name of God (Twereduampon Kwame)
The goal of this paper is to decolonise Akan divine episteme from undue Euro-Christian influence. Since the 1920s, cultural anthropologists have argued that the Akan concept of Twereduampon Kwame is because God either revealed himself to the Akan on a Saturday or the Akan worshipped God on that day....
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2022
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Journal of religion in Africa
Year: 2022, Volume: 52, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 269-291 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Akan
/ Religion
/ Name of God
/ Naming
/ Knowledge production
/ Postcolonialism
/ African Theology
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion AX Inter-religious relations BS Traditional African religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NBC Doctrine of God |
Further subjects: | B
Decolonisation
B Kwame B Akan B Twereduampon B Saturday |
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