What is it about?
Africa is known as the continent of the Spirit and the spirits. This reality has a huge impact on how research should be conducted on this continent. In this article and by means of examples, an argument is furthered for how the study of worship and rituals can be approached by taking this reality seriously.
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Why is it important?
In a globalised world in which there is much migration, African religious traditions are not to be found only in Africa, but all over the world. This article can assist both researchers in Africa, but also other's from other parts of the world who want to understand African Christians better.
Perspectives
In many parts of the world Christianity is on the decline, but not in Africa, on the controrary. This emerging and fast growing reality is in much need of theological investigation and this paper can assist researchers and others who interested to approach this phenomenon in a meaningful way.
Prof Cas J Wepener
University of Pretoria
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This page is a summary of: Burning incense for a focus group discussion: Acquiring a spirituality of liminality for doing liturgical research in an African context from an emic perspective, International Journal of Practical Theology, January 2015, De Gruyter,
DOI: 10.1515/ijpt-2014-0036.
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