The place of African belief and germ theory on the causes of human diseases

dc.contributor.authorAnizoba, Emmanuel C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-05T05:21:59Z
dc.date.available2022-10-05T05:21:59Z
dc.date.issued2021-12-15
dc.description.abstractThis study looks into the African belief about the mystical causes of diseases and the tenets of Western germ theory. Despite widespread Western medical practices, African people still strongly believe in the mystical causes of diseases. This reveals that as far as the African traditional belief is concerned, Western germ theory cannot satisfy the African belief in the causes of diseases. This is as a result of some of the diseases defying Western healing. The study adopts a qualitative phenomenological research design and descriptive method for data analysis. Personal interview forms a primary source of data collection while the secondary source includes library resources. The study observes that some mystical agents in African cosmology, such as witches and sorcerers, ogbanje, and breaking of taboos are responsible for untimely deaths, infliction of diseases to humankind and other related ailments which are believed to be traditional in nature.en_US
dc.description.departmentScience of Religion and Missiologyen_US
dc.description.librariandm2022en_US
dc.description.urihttp://www.ve.org.za/index.php/VEen_US
dc.identifier.citationAnizoba, E.C., 2021, ‘The place of African belief and germ theory on the causes of human diseases’, Verbum et Ecclesia 42(1), a2366. https://doi.org/10.4102/ve.v42i1.2366.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1609-9982 (print)
dc.identifier.issn2074-7705 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.4102/ve.v42i1.2366
dc.identifier.urihttps://repository.up.ac.za/handle/2263/87506
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherAOSISen_US
dc.rights© 2021. The Authors. Licensee: AOSIS. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License.en_US
dc.subjectAfrican mystical beliefen_US
dc.subjectGerm theoryen_US
dc.subjectWitchcraften_US
dc.subjectCauses of diseaseen_US
dc.subjectMedicationen_US
dc.titleThe place of African belief and germ theory on the causes of human diseasesen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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