African religions

James Leland Cox

African religions

James Leland Cox

Western Sydney University

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Abstract

The three major religions of Africa are African indigenous religions, Islam, and Christianity. In such a large continent with a vast number of local and kinship-related societies, the interactions between the three major religions have produced numerous new religious movements that assimilate aspects of Islam or Christianity into indigenous religious expressions.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The Sage Encyclopedia of the Sociology of Religion
Editors	Adam Possamai, Anthony J. Blasi
Place of Publication	U.S.
Publisher	Sage Publications
Pages	14-16
Number of pages	3
ISBN (Print)	9781473942202
Publication status	Published - 2020

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