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African Religion Defined: A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan: A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan
Author(s): Anthony Ephirim-Donkor (Author)
- Publisher: University Press of America
- Publication Date: 25 Aug. 2010
- Language: English
- Print length: 160 pages
- ISBN-10: 0761853286
- ISBN-13: 9780761853282
Book Description
The author, a traditional king and professor, studies the Akan in Ghana to demonstrate that ancestor worship is as pragmatic, systematic, theological, teleological, soteriological – with a highly trained clerical body and elders as mediators – and symbolic as any other religion in the world.
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About the Author
Anthony Ephirim-Donkor is associate professor of religion and Africana studies and chair of the Department of Africana Studies at Binghamton University, State University of New York. He is also the traditional king of Gomoa Mprumem, Ghana.
