商品簡介
How the maker produced the spear, how the master used it, what it was meant to do, and how its results were assessed are essential elements of faith. To the uninformed, the variances in exactly how the people thought of the spear constituted denominational thinking, and indicated a series of scattered religions that lacked common theology and practice. In their research, however, Asante and Nwadiora (African America studies and social work, respectively, Temple U.) have found that what were thought to be multiple regional religions is actually one pan-African religion, with parallel convictions and ways of understanding. They examine the role of the divine, sacrifices and prayers, the unseen world of the ancestors, the concept of evil, the explicable yet inexplicable servants, the possible yet impossible rituals, and the triumph of spirit over matter. They close with a close examination of the spear masters' story. Annotation c2007 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Molefi Kete Asante is a professor in the Department of African American Studies at Temple University. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Los Angeles. He is a published author of more than sixty books and 300 scholarly articles. Emeka Nwadiora has a double doctorate from Howard University and from Temple University respectively. He is a member of the School of Social Work at Temple University.
