Africa and the globalization of religion in the contemporary era

Ackah, William (2021) Africa and the globalization of religion in the contemporary era. In: Falola, T. and Bashir Salau, M. (eds.) Africa in Global History. De Gruyter, pp. 263-279. ISBN 9783110677812.

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This chapter explores the role of religion in Africa and the African diaspora in the contemporary era. It argues that in order to understand and explain contemporary developments, students need to understand that expressions of African spirituality are connected to the spiritual expressions of African descendants. This chapter provides overviews of Christianity, Islam, African traditional religion, and new diasporic African religions, and argues that these traditions in the lived experience of African descendants need to be studied comparatively with African people at the center of such studies. The work concludes by arguing that we should not just study contemporary expressions of African spirituality for academic reasons, but we should study and research in order to advance and elevate the African personality in the twenty-first century.

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