The Religious Traditions of Africa : A History

Note on Terminology and Othography ix Preface xi Part I Religion to 600 C.E. 1(28) 1 The Study of "Traditional" Religion 3(12) 2 The Early Church in Northern Africa 15(14) Part II Islam in Africa 29(94) 3 The Spread of Islam in Northern Africa to 1800 31(18) 4 The Growth of Islam in sub-Saharan Africa 49(12) 5 New States in the Western Sudan: The Nineteenth Century 61(12) 6 Northern Africa in the Nineteenth Century 73(12) 7 Northern Africa in the Colonial Era 85(10) 8 Northern Africa since Independence: The Islamist Challenge 95(12) 9 West Africa since 1900 107(16) Part III Christianity in Africa since ca. 500 123(102) 10 Christianity from ca. 500 to ca. 1800 125(16) 11 Christianity in the Nineteenth Century 141(16) 12 African Christian Initiatives: Two Case Studies 157(14) 13 Christianity in the Twentieth Century: The Older Churches 171(24) 14 African Initiated Churches: The Prophetic Model 195(20) 15 The Global and the Local: Neo-Pentecostalism 215(10) Part IV The Changing Face of "Traditional" Religion 225(94) 16 Divinities 227(14) 17 Ancestors as Divinities 241(12) 18 Powers Embodied: The Medium and the Mask 253(12) 19 Ritual and Divination 265(14) 20 Royals, Priests, and Prophets 279(20) 21 Mythology and Proverbial Wisdom 299(10) 22 Suffering and Its Interpreters 309(10) Notes 319(38) Glossary 357(4) A Guide to Further Reading 361(22) Index 383