African Religion

"Dr. Magesa takes the moral traditions as the starting point to analyze and present African religion . . . . He explores African insights into this moral universe and concludes that 'the basis of African morality is the promotion of human life.'"--John Mbiti, author, Bible and Theology in African Christianity "Will interest all those thinking of reconstructing the African continent and the Black race from the ethical resources of African tradition."--Elochukwu E. Uzukwu, author, A Listening Church "One of the few books that has gone beyond the usual, often superficial and anecdotal writing on African religion to present and pomote African spirituality on its own terms."--Michael C. Kirwen, M.M., Director, Maryknoll Institute of African Studies This is the first comprehensive exploration of the moral and ethical imperatives of African religion that treats the religious tradition of Africa as an equal among the world's faiths. Laurenti Magesa argues that, just as Christianity or Islam do