African Origins of Monotheism

Description:

The book challenges the way that the idea of God has been manipulated by Eurocentric agendas, by colonizers, enslavers, and empire builders, all of whom were using God-talk to achieve their own personal ends. In African thinking, the God concept is guided by a sense of the presence of the all-pervasive and omnipresent God, which has instilled in the people a sense of respect for life at all costs. Thus, respect is not based on a commandment or on fear but on a propensity for affinity.--Provided by publisher

subjects: God,  Monotheism,  Doctrinal Theology,  Religion,  Theology, doctrinal,  Africa, religion,  God (African religion)

Places: Sub-Saharan Africa,  Africa