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Binghamton University - FALL (Aug, Sept)2010 | ||
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African Religion Defined: A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan: A Systematic Study of Ancestor Worship among the Akan by Anthony Ephirim-Donkor Paperback, 160 Pages, Published 2010 ISBN-10: 0-7618-5328-6 / 0761853286 ISBN-13: 978-0-7618-5328-2 / 9780761853282 The author, a traditional king and professor, studies the Akan in Ghana to demonstrate that ancestor worship is as pragmatic, systematic, theological, teleological, soteriological - with a highly trained clerical body and elders as mediators - and symbolic as any other religion in the world. |