Comparing Religions: A Limitative Approach
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Comparing Religions: A Limitative Approach

An Analysis of Akan, Para-Creole, and IFO-Sananda Rites and Prayers

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Comparing Religions: A Limitative Approach

An Analysis of Akan, Para-Creole, and IFO-Sananda Rites and Prayers

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Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9789027931702
eBook ISBN
9783110821819
Edition
1
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Biblical Studies

Table of contents

  1. Preface
  2. PART ONE: METHODOLOGY: FROM UNLIMITED TO LIMITATIVE COMPARISON
  3. 1. OBJECTIVE INTENTION AND SUBJECTIVE INVOLVEMENT
  4. 1.1 The Extent of Comparison
  5. 1.2 Objectivity
  6. 1.3 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods
  7. 1.4 Subjective Involvement in the Study of Religions
  8. 1.5 The Limited Reliability of the Unlimited Comparative Study of Religions
  9. 1.6 Three Modes of Empirical Study of Religions
  10. 1.7 Disadvantages and Advantages of a Limitative Approach to the Comparative Study of Religions
  11. 1.8 Conclusion
  12. 2. A LIMITATIVE APPROACH TO THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGIONS: ITS GENESIS AND TOOLS
  13. 2.1 A Biographical Outline
  14. 2.2 Towards a Theory of ‘Religion’
  15. 2.3 A. Theory of ‘Religion’
  16. 2.4 The Tools
  17. 2.5 Concluding Remarks
  18. PART TWO: THE LIMITATIVE METHOD APPLIED: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOME AKAN, PARA AND IFO-SANANDA RITES
  19. 3. THE WIDER SETTINGS OF THE THREE RITES
  20. 3.1 The Asante, Their Society and Religion
  21. 3.2 The Para-Creoles, Their Society and Religion
  22. 3.3 The IFO-Sananda Religion
  23. 4. THE AUTHORS
  24. 4.1 ‘Captain’ R.S. Rattray (1881–1938)
  25. 4.2 C.J. Wooding
  26. 4.3 Festinger, Riecken and Schachter
  27. 5. AN AKAN RITUAL PROCESS: THE NKYI-DWO RITE OF 1921 AT ASUMEGYA
  28. 5.1 The Field-analysis
  29. 5.2 The Process-analysis
  30. 5.3 The Context-analysis
  31. 6. AN AFRO-SURINAMESE RITUAL PROCESS: A PARA-CREOLE PURIFICATION RITE
  32. 6.1 The Field-analysis
  33. 6.2 The Process-analysis
  34. 6.3 The Context-analysis
  35. 7. AN IFO-SANANDA RELIGIOUS PROCESS: THE MEETING OF THE ‘SEEKERS’ ON 21 NOVEMBER 1954
  36. 7.1 The Field-analysis
  37. 7.2 The Process-analysis
  38. 7.3 The Context-analysis
  39. 8. THE THREE PROCESSES COMPARED
  40. 8.1 The Field-analyses Compared
  41. 8.2 The Process-analyses Compared
  42. 8.3 The Context-analyses Compared
  43. 9. THE STRUCTURE OF SOME AKAN AND PARA-CREOLE PRAYERS
  44. 9.1 A Definition of ‘Prayer’ and some Analytical Distinctions
  45. 9.2 The Prayers to be analysed
  46. 9.3 One-phase, Two-phase and Three-phase Structures
  47. 9.4 The Structural Phases and Structural Elements
  48. 9.5 The Formal Structure of these Akan and Para Prayers
  49. 9.6 Structural Breakdown of the Akan and Para Prayers
  50. 10. CONCLUSIONS
  51. APPENDIX Denteh’s Interpretation of the Nkyi-Dwo Rite
  52. NOTES
  53. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  54. GLOSSARY OF TWI WORDS
  55. GLOSSARY OF SRANAN-TONGO WORDS
  56. GLOSSARY OF IFO-SANANDA WORDS
  57. GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TECHNICAL TERMS
  58. INDEX OF AUTHORS
  59. INDEX OF SUBJECTS