Panentheism and Concepts of God in African Traditional Religions: A Third-Wave Proposal
暫譯: 泛神論與非洲傳統宗教中的神概念：第三波提案

Ofuasia, Emmanuel

Panentheism and Concepts of God in African Traditional Religions: A Third-Wave Proposal
  • 出版商: Palgrave MacMillan
  • 出版日期: 2026-01-03
  • 售價: $6,440
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  • 語言: 英文
  • 頁數: 229
  • 裝訂: Hardcover - also called cloth, retail trade, or trade
  • ISBN: 3032123941
  • ISBN-13: 9783032123947
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This book offers a bold re-examination of how African spirituality and religion are understood, challenging centuries of misrepresentation shaped by colonial and Abrahamic thought. It argues that describing African religions through any form of modified monotheism, whether "implicit," "diffused," or "accommodated", distorts their true nature and philosophical depth. Critiquing both colonial and postcolonial scholarship, the author shows how figures such as John Mbiti, Bolaji Idowu, John Bewaji, Thaddeus Metz, Motsamai Molefe, and Kirk Lougheed remain confined by Abrahamic categories that obscure African metaphysical perspectives.

Drawing on the ritual systems and spiritual knowledge of six major Afro-religious traditions (Kemet, Yorùbá, Anlo-Ewe, Igbo, Akan, and Shona) the book advances panentheism, a non-Abrahamic monotheistic framework, as the most accurate model for understanding African religions. Combining philosophical analysis with ethnographic insight, it redefines the conceptual vocabulary for African religious scholarship, resolving long-standing debates and demonstrating the value of thick description for studying African religiosity. An original contribution to African philosophy, religious studies, and decolonial theory, this book reshapes how African spirituality is to be studied and understood.

商品描述(中文翻譯)

這本書對非洲靈性和宗教的理解進行了大膽的重新檢視，挑戰了幾個世紀以來由殖民和亞伯拉罕思想所塑造的誤解。書中主張，通過任何形式的修正一神論來描述非洲宗教，無論是「隱含的」、「擴散的」還是「適應的」，都扭曲了它們的真實本質和哲學深度。作者批評了殖民和後殖民的學術研究，展示了約翰·姆比提（John Mbiti）、博拉吉·伊多伍（Bolaji Idowu）、約翰·比瓦吉（John Bewaji）、塔德烏斯·梅茨（Thaddeus Metz）、莫察馬伊·莫萊費（Motsamai Molefe）和柯克·洛基德（Kirk Lougheed）等人物如何被亞伯拉罕類別所限制，這些類別掩蓋了非洲的形而上學觀點。

本書借鑒了六大非洲宗教傳統（Kemet、Yorùbá、Anlo-Ewe、Igbo、Akan和Shona）的儀式系統和靈性知識，推進了泛神論（panentheism），這是一種非亞伯拉罕的一神論框架，作為理解非洲宗教的最準確模型。結合哲學分析和民族誌洞察，重新定義了非洲宗教學的概念詞彙，解決了長期以來的爭論，並展示了厚描述（thick description）在研究非洲宗教性方面的價值。這本書對非洲哲學、宗教研究和去殖民理論作出了原創貢獻，重塑了非洲靈性的研究和理解方式。

作者簡介

Emmanuel Ofuasia received his PhD from Lagos State University in 2023. Before that he taught philosophy at the Philosophy Department of National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN), FCT Abuja, Nigeria. At the moment, he is a Decoloniality Research Associate in the Philosophy Department of University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa. Although he specializes in Process Metaphysics and Philosophical Logic, his research also extends to African Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Arts, and Ifá Studies. He is well published in several international journal outlets of repute like Philosophia Africana, Journal for the Academic Study of Religion, Journal of Africana Religions, Filosofia Theoretica, International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity, Journal of World Philosophies, History and Philosophy of Logic, South African Journal of Philosophy, Nigerian Journal of Philosophy, to name a few. In addition to publishing, Emmanuel Ofuasia is also a recipient of local and international grants from organizations and institutions such as: the English Language Support and Travel Bursary Award of the Global Philosophy of Religion Project led by Yujin Nagasawa as well as Culture and Animal Foundation (CAF).

作者簡介(中文翻譯)

埃馬紐埃爾·奧法西亞（Emmanuel Ofuasia）於2023年獲得拉哥斯州立大學（Lagos State University）的博士學位。在此之前，他曾在尼日利亞國立開放大學（National Open University of Nigeria, NOUN）哲學系教授哲學。目前，他是南非比勒陀利亞大學（University of Pretoria）哲學系的去殖民化研究助理。雖然他專攻過程形而上學（Process Metaphysics）和哲學邏輯（Philosophical Logic），但他的研究也延伸至非洲宗教哲學（African Philosophy of Religion）、藝術哲學（Philosophy of Arts）以及Ifa研究。他在多個知名國際期刊上發表了許多論文，如Philosophia Africana、Journal for the Academic Study of Religion、Journal of Africana Religions、Filosofia Theoretica、International Journal of African Renaissance Studies - Multi-, Inter- and Transdisciplinarity、Journal of World Philosophies、History and Philosophy of Logic、South African Journal of Philosophy、Nigerian Journal of Philosophy等。此外，埃馬紐埃爾·奧法西亞還獲得了來自各種組織和機構的本地及國際獎助金，包括由長澤祐仁（Yujin Nagasawa）主導的全球宗教哲學項目的英語支持和旅行獎學金，以及文化與動物基金會（Culture and Animal Foundation, CAF）。

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