How African conceptions of God bear on life's meaning
Up to now, a very large majority of work in the religious philosophy of life's meaning has presumed a conception of God that is Abrahamic. In contrast, in this article I critically discuss some of the desirable and undesirable facets of Traditional African Religion's salient conceptions of...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge Univ. Press
2023
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Religious studies
Year: 2023, Volume: 59, Issue: 2, Pages: 340-354 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Africa
/ Religious philosophy
/ Traditionelle afrikanische Religion
/ Idea of God
/ Meaning of life
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RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BS Traditional African religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBN Sub-Saharan Africa NBC Doctrine of God |
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pro-theism
B God's purpose B axiology of theism B meaning of life B traditional African religion |
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