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African Christianity Thrives Under the Shadow of Traditional Beliefs (Paperback, New ed.)
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African Christianity Thrives Under the Shadow of Traditional Beliefs (Paperback, New ed.)
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There is widespread fear of a resurgence of ritualistic human
sacrifice in many parts of Africa and this situation looks as
though it will continue to cause fierce doubt among rational
thinkers. It is argued that the ghosts of the 1930s have returned.
The author seeks to establish whether there is any link between
ritual murder and the historical, traditional religious beliefs
that were abolished during the missionary period and are today
argued by elderly respondents as being the source of the resurgence
of ritual murder, related to suppressed beliefs and wider economic
influences. This book will address the key issues relevant to this
context systematically, such as the acceptability of corruption in
cultural development, the impact of the deterioration in moral
values and the problem of faking culture as an assumed means of
success. The impact of changes in society will also be analysed and
considered as a question that should guide national developments in
the global influence of commercialisation and fear. The author
examines how (European) missionary teaching abolished every
existing African belief and value, which were the bonds that united
people. As a result of annihilating these beliefs and values,
communities descended into immorality, corruption and lack of
communal responsibility. This book is a unique and valuable
resource for the churches and for secular groups concerned with the
way in which ritualistic beliefs are increasingly endangering human
lives and have led to a worsening moral deterioration in society in
general.
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