The God in Us
How African Spirituality Ignited World Religion and Global Civilisation
- 178 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
This book traces the unitary source of all of the world's major religions. The book underscores the fact that there are many ways in which humanity has sought revelation of God, yet there is a common inspiration behind humanity's God concept.
The author's analysis of world religions or faiths adopts a multi-interdisciplinary approach taking the reader through historical, anthropological, archaeological, and theological viewpoints to make juxtapositions.
God in us is a rich resource that helps the readers understand the origins of human civilisation and how humans began to worship God, domesticate animals like sheep, invent astrology and create languages. Biko's research also delves deeper into unveiling African indigenous knowledge systems and science that predate the arrival of the colonisers on the African soil.
Print edition not for sale in Sub Saharan Africa.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Introduction and background
- Chapter One: Africans and the Divine
- Chapter Two: African Pantheism and Sanatan Dharma
- Chapter Three: The Old Testament and Its African Roots
- Chapter Four: Understanding the Origins and Development of Pantheism
- Chapter Five: Who Created the Universe? Energy of Light, the Demiurge Or God?
- Chapter Six: Gnosticism and the Testimony of Jesus
- Chapter Seven: The Rise and Fall from Grace of the Catholic Church
- Chapter Eight: The Spiritual Scramble for Africa
- Chapter Nine: Case Studies, Part One (Ethiopia, Bukongo and Akan)
- Chapter Ten: Missionary Motives, Cultural Reproduction and Case Studies, Part Two
- Chapter Eleven: Conclusion
- Index