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Ancestor worship in Korea and Africa: Social function or religious phenomenon? [PDF]
Verbum et Ecclesia, 2004 Ancestor worship is a dilemma for Christian communities in Korea and Africa, who have difficulty adapting Western theology to their Third World cultures.
Choon Sup Bae
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Modern Beliefs of the Karakalpaks Concerning the Tradition of Ancestor Veneration
Вестник антропологии (Herald of Anthropology), 2019 The ancestor worship is one of the most enduring traditions among the Karakalpaks and is still practiced today in many Karakalpak clans. This phenomenon is an important part of the culture, extending beyond the boundaries of a particular religion or complex of beliefs.
Kuanyshbek Z. Turekeyev
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Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 2022 Jordan Dalton, Juliana Gomez Mejia
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Ancestral Veneration as a Metaphysical Issue in Yòrùbá Culture: Exploring the Spiritual Agency of Social Reconstruction in a Glocal Context [PDF]
ABUAD Journal of the Humanities-AGIDIGBOAfricans are in the habit of venerating the dead among them who qualify as ancestors. The practice of ancestral veneration in Africa, particularly amongst the Yòrùbá people of West Africa, is premised on their belief in continual existence after death.
Oreoluwa Idris ADESANYA
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Ancestor Veneration in Ancient Israel and in the Hebrew Bible
I used a social-scientific approach for my research, with a special interest in anthropology. The aim of this thesis is to show that there were two types of ancestor veneration (AV) in ancient Israel. The first type of AV is a belief that the ancestors are still alive, that they need feeding, and that they can be consulted to find out the future, or ...
David W. Gray
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Trophy Heads or Ancestor Veneration? A Stable Isotope Perspective on Disassociated and Modified Crania in Precontact Central California [PDF]
American Antiquity, 2016 Few items in the archaeological record capture the imagination more than human heads separated from their bodies. Such items are sometimes assumed to indicate warfare practices, where "trophy heads" display power and fighting prowess.
J. Eerkens +6 more
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Roczniki Teologiczne, 2023 The article argues that the praxis of ancestor veneration in Africa is a system akin to the Christian belief in the “communion of saints.” It is a system for realizing the fullest potential of human (religious) experience.
F. Omollo
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International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, 2021 a special place in the heavenly city, they were Christ’s friend in a higher sense than the rest of the elect and enjoyed greater glory and blessedness in heaven, (c) and also, it followed from this that they were patrons and mediators before God and ...
F. Madukasi
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Animating Idolatry: Making Ancestral Kin and Personhood in Ancient Peru
Religions, 2021 Historical and archaeological records help shed light on the production, ritual practices, and personhood of cult objects characterizing the central Peruvian highlands after ca. AD 200. Colonial accounts indicate that descendant groups made and venerated
George F. Lau
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