Ancestry, goodness, and the relationship with christianity as ecodomical aspects of decolonization in indigenous African religions

dc.contributor.authorSimut, Corneliu Cristian
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-28T05:36:00Z
dc.date.available2017-07-28T05:36:00Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.description.abstractThis paper is an attempt to identify common factors which constitute the foun-dation of decolonization in indigenous African religions. Since such aspects need to be essentially constructive in order to effectively and positively replace Colonial ideas, this particular search for common ground concerning decolonization in indigenous African religions is going to be pursued through the concept of ecodomy, seen as constructive process. When applied to decolonization with this postulated positivity, ecodomy coa-gulates three distinct aspects of indigenous African religions into a common reality. These three aspects are ancestry, goodness, and the relationship with Christianity; they can function therefore as common denominator for various attempts to provide indigenous African religions with specific methodology in dealing with decolonization. This article is going to investigate four such methodologies which can confer positivity as well as an ecodomic, constructive character to decolonization efforts throughout the spectrum of indigenous African religions as they are reflected in the writings of John Mbiti, Isiaka P. Lalèyê, Jakob K. Olupona, and Israel Kamudzandu, all intellectuals of different geographical origin, religious backgrounds, university training, and personal convictions. With Mbiti promoting the superiority of Christianity, Lalèyê accepting it as irrelevant, Olupona preferring to deal without it, and Kamudzandu seeing it as essential, decolonizing efforts in indigenous African religions have at least four different methodologies which all aim at providing African communities with positive and ecodomic, essentially constructive ways to move forward beyond Colonial intellectual paradigms by making sure that peace and goodness are secured for everybody, African or not.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentDogmatics and Christian Ethicsen_ZA
dc.description.librarianam2017en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.jsri.ro/en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationSimut, CC 2017, 'Ancestry, goodness, and the relationship with christianity as ecodomical aspects of decolonization in indigenous African religions', Journal for the Study of Religions and Ideologies, vol. 16, no. 47, pp. 47-61.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn1583-0039
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/61476
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherBiblioteca Centrala Universitara/Babes-Bolyai Universityen_ZA
dc.rights© SACRIen_ZA
dc.subjectAncestorsen_ZA
dc.subjectGoodnessen_ZA
dc.subjectChristianityen_ZA
dc.subjectDecolonizationen_ZA
dc.subjectEcodomyen_ZA
dc.subjectReligionen_ZA
dc.subjectJohn Mbitien_ZA
dc.subjectIsiaka P. Laleyeen_ZA
dc.subjectJakob K. Oluponaen_ZA
dc.subjectIsrael Kamudzanduen_ZA
dc.subjectAfricaen_ZA
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-04
dc.subject.otherSDG-04: Quality education
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-10
dc.subject.otherSDG-10: Reduced inequalities
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-16
dc.subject.otherSDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions
dc.subject.otherTheology articles SDG-17
dc.subject.otherSDG-17: Partnerships for the goals
dc.titleAncestry, goodness, and the relationship with christianity as ecodomical aspects of decolonization in indigenous African religionsen_ZA
dc.typeArticleen_ZA

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