Ritual sacrifices and witchcraft beliefs are still common. Inculturation, as we will argue later in Morality Truly Christian, Truly African, sheds the light of the gospel on cultural practices like this one to reveal what is sinful in them and to show that human beings, especially women, in this case, deserve better treatment than this. For starters, the word religion is problematic for many Africans, because it suggests that religion is separate from the other aspects of ones culture, society, or environment. Anthony Chiorazzi, who has an M.Phil. 4 0 obj He has useful insights to add to our discussion and in many ways corroborates the statements other scholars like Mbiti have made about African religion. I should also state that there are signs of the revival of African indigenous practices in many parts of Africa. Christians do not have regard for their powers because they believethat they overcome all evil through the name of Jesus. Christianity forbids human sacrifices in worshipas it is murder. The understanding of God normally needs some refining when one comes from African Traditional Religion to be a Christian. (Hebrews 1:1,Matthew 5:17,Exodus 34:10-28). Both have places of worship. endobj In most cases, the earth is conceived as a living thing, a goddess, Mother Earth. According to Mbiti, the earth is symbolically viewed as the mother of the universe, while the heavens/sky are seen as its male counterpart. A follower of African diaspora religions has many choices in terms of seeking spiritual help or succor. While both Christianity and African religion have a concept of a Supreme Being,Christians believe in a God who exists in three persons. The numerous traditional African religions have in common the notion of a creator god, who made the world and then withdrew, remaining remote from the concerns of human life. 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For example, followers can seek spiritual direction and relief from healers, medicine men and women, charms [adornments often worn to incur good luck], amulets [adornments often used to ward off evil], and diviners [spiritual advisers]. Prayers and sacrificial offerings are usually directed toward secondary divinities, who are intermediaries between the human and sacred realms. This power originates from God but is possessed hierarchically by divinities, spirits, and the living dead, and it is available to some people, in various degrees. Content may require purchase if you do not have access. Omissions? Modernity has not put a total stop to its influence. Areas of interest to read in the part one was how Christianity has found an inroad into the lives of so many who were living in deep darkness and slavery to the evil powers. 1630-1633), HEBREWS' CHRISTOLOGY AND ITS CONTEMPORARY APPREHENSION IN AFRICA 1, New Mind, New Heart, New Strength (A Paradigm on the New Man), Dissertation ETD Libermann and EA in Dialogue Dec 2013, Pentecostalism and Shamanism in Asia and Beyond: An Inter-disciplinary Analysis. Nevertheless, since 1900, Christians in Africa have grown from approximately 7 million to over 450 million today. Christians give a tenth of all their earnings to God. In the part two of my writing, l will expand on the world populated by spirits called Vodou alongside that of the Akan. Sacrificial meals in the traditional Africanreligion are the equivalent of the Holy. . Differences between Christianity and traditional African beliefs and customs (Exodus 20:3-5,Hebrews 10:8-10) 1. One scholar who has written extensively on African Traditional Religion is John Mbiti, a Kenyan whom many consider the dean of living African theologians. Both believe that God is the creator ofhumankind. In other words, he shows that the sense of the divine was not something introduced to Africa by missionaries or by anyone else; that the knowledge of God in African religion was not much different from the idea of God that Christian missionaries preached in Africa; and, more specifically to our purpose here, that belief in God engendered a moral response that for centuries before Christian arrival in Africa directed moral life and interaction on the continent and among its peoples. Also, how the Christian organizations help free women and girls from the grip of slavery. The Church is the Christian family, in which all are accompanied to one another through belief and baptism in Jesus Christ. For Christians itsa church. Whenever. This article concerned itself with the modern encounter between Christianity and African Indigenous Religion (AIR) in Africa. Both religions believe that God revealsHimself to people through dreams, propheciesand other special events. inequality and class divide, dreams and interpretation, names and religious identity. From this view point, Ill begin to say that African Traditional Religion (ATR) involves the belief and worship of the Supreme Being known and revered all over Africa as Onyame in Akan, Mao in Ewe, Chineke in Igbo and Oludumare in Yoruba etc. The Church also combines those who have died and those who still live. It appeals more to social scientists than to those working in religious studies, particularly scholars of specific religious traditions. and View all Google Scholar citations Traditional Africans had to go to specific sacred placesfor them to worship but Christians can worship God anywhere at any time. While some African cosmologies have a clear idea of a supreme being, other cosmologies do not. <> Those to whom this power is accessible can use it for good, such as healing, rainmaking, or divination, while others can use it for harm, through magic, witchcraft, and sorcery. These images could be of a lion or another animal carvedfrom a tree to represent a god. the other in tradition poses a serious dilemma for both Christianity and tradition in Africa. They do so by going to the hospital. stream When they pray they maykneel down, bow their heads or lift their hands up. Encyclopaedia Britannica's editors oversee subject areas in which they have extensive knowledge, whether from years of experience gained by working on that content or via study for an advanced degree. Islam has experienced a similar rapid growth. A classicatory system which attempts to distinguish the principal responses Christians acknowledge the existenceof magic and witchcraft. Indigenous African religion is primarily an oral tradition and has never been fully codified; thus, it allows itself to more easily be amended and influenced by other religious ideas, religious wisdom, and by modern development. (+1) 202-419-4372 | Media Inquiries. Nevertheless, they also display enough family resemblances for us to be able to delineate their main features and to a very reasonable extent fall on them to represent the whole. This is the kind of interlocutor who will counter an observation about violent militancy in contemporary Islam in the context, let us say, of a discussion about Boko Haram with But what about the Crusades? This power is not accessible to everyone, and in most cases it is inborn, but the person has to learn how to use it. Commonalities between Christianity and Africa Traditional Religion. Green points out that there is a rational basis to African Traditional Religion that shows, in Kantian terms, that there is a deep structure of universal moral and religious reason to it. The three requirements of reason at the heart of this structure are: first, a basic rule or procedure of moral choice; second, a metaphysic grounding the possibility of strict moral retribution; and third, . OLUPONA: Yes, and the pluralistic nature of African-tradition religion is one of the reasons for its success in the diaspora. SIMILARITY AND DIFFERENCE, CONTEXT AND TRADITION, IN https://doi.org/10.1017/S0001972016000565, Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. Just like in Christianity, traditional Africanreligion has organised practices. Christianity and Traditional African Heritage, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. These act as Gods associates, assistants, and mediators, and they are directly involved in human affairs. The traditional cosmology expresses belief in a supreme being (referred to by the Akan as Nyame, or by the Ewe Mawu). This hierarchy is also evident in human society, where there are chiefs, clan heads, family heads, older siblings, and so on. Academia.edu no longer supports Internet Explorer. Download chapter 3 in full (3-page PDF, <1MB), Photo credit: Sebastien Desarmaux/GODONG/Godong/Corbis, Part of the Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 1615 L St. NW, Suite 800Washington, DC 20036USA He is not only the covenant giver He gives the power to keep the covenant. In the Akan and Ewe ethnic groups the above phenomenological conception of ATR called for education in the light of the scriptures. Instead of God keeping his distance from man, He, throughout history and today reaches down in love to draw humans toward him. In many communities across the world traditional beliefs and practices are passed down generations and are a feature of day-to-day life, despite the influence of outside sources. $70.00/$25.00. (I myself have consulted with several diviners for my research on specific academic topics regarding African culture and history; consequently, if we were to lose Africas diviners, we would also lose one of Africas best keepers and sources of African history and culture. The introduced religions of Islam (in northern Africa) and Christianity (in southern Africa) are now the continent's major religions, but traditional religions still play an important role, especially in the interior of sub-Saharan Africa. It is worth noting that these animals areat no time offered as burnt offerings to God. In this paper, Ill bring the understanding of African traditional adherents into the light of the Holy Scriptures; to explain what the Bible teaches about soul and spirit in relation to God and man. When we speak of African Traditional Religion, we mean the indigenous religious beliefs and practices of the Africans. Who Should Christians Worship? Journal of Biblical Unitarianism 1:1, 5-33, 2014. The ancestors are believed to be the most immediate link with the spiritual world, and they are thought to be constantly near, observing every thought and action of the living. This supreme . Ritual functionaries include priests, elders, rainmakers, diviners, and prophets. Itis made of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit working together as one. The final aspect of this deep structure of moral reason in African Traditional Religion Green refers to as morally intentional trans-moral safety valves such as are found in the doctrine of grace or atonement in Weston religions (Christianity) or of liberation from the world of moral causation in Eastern religions. Traditional Africans didnot have this practice. In this paper, I interrogated the Gabola church in terms of its origins, purpose and its distinctiveness as a postcolonial manifestation of freedom of religion in South Africa. The vigor with which the African Traditional Religion (ATR) has continued to resist the onslaught of Christianity is a cause of academic preoccupation. Thus, everythingis not completely unpredictable and chaotic because of this order. It was believed that the animals blood appeased God. And if these shrines are not properly cared for by the designated descendant, then misfortune in the form of illness might befall the caretaker. This chapter includes information on: Traditional African religious beliefs, such as belief in the protective power of sacrifices to ancestors Traditional African religious practices, such as owning sacred objects Download chapter 3 in full (3-page PDF, <1MB) Photo credit: Sebastien Desarmaux/GODONG/Godong/Corbis Church Life Journal These could be caves, forests,mountains and so on. In the Ewe thought they are called Vodou (Vodu or Vudu in Benin and Togo; also Vodon, Vodoun, Voudou, or other phonetically equivalent spellings. The rapid growth of many religions in Africa and the revival of AIR in postcolonial Africa have made inter-religious . GAZETTE: What is the state of indigenous African religions today? There is even a community deep in the American Bible Belt in Beaufort County, S.C., called Oyotunji Village that practices a type of African indigenous religion, which is a mixture of Yoruba and Ewe-Fon spiritual practices. For this reason, they can come to the saving knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ through the teaching of the Word of God because it is home going time. Exodus 20:3-5 tells us not to make or worship images ofanything in heaven or on earth. This interview has been edited for length and clarity. Sorry, preview is currently unavailable. Christians do not believe in the existence of any other godapart from the Supreme Being. I had it. Christianity is more dominant in the south, while Islam is more dominant in the north. Authoring or editing more than half a dozen books on religion and African culture (including the recent African Religions: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford University Press), Olupona has researched topics ranging from the indigenous religions of Africa to the religious practices of Africans who have settled in America. Everything is said to center on them. Whilst interacting with the local African indigenous communities, and observing, The contact between African Traditional Religion (ATR) and Christianity is inextricably linkedto European economic activities that culminated into colonialism. For instance, in a few years time, I pray that I will be participating in an age-grade festival for men around 70 years of age called Ero in my native Nigerian community in Ute, in Ondo state. While the recourse to traditional healers may be motivated in part by economic reasons and an absence of health care alternatives, it may also be rooted in religious beliefs about the efficacy of this approach. Belief in the ancestors presents the idea of reciprocity in the African traditional moral world. Copyright 2023 These differences, I will argue, have significant impact not just on the way people conceive of the moral world or with regard to moral intentions, but also on moral practices. These gods are generally perceived as intermediaries between the Supreme Being and society. OLUPONA: My father, a faithful Anglican priest, was a good example. The conviction that people will be reborn in this world again and again tends to be more common among Christians than Muslims. Philosophers, sociologists, theologians, The conversion of indigenous converts to Christianity is often perceived as a linear process, which marks individuals rebirth and assumption of a new identity as they are assimilated into the, In the early 19th century, missionaries flocked to Central and Southern Africa to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ. M!eJ/"0Nq"3_ad!+;\4C2-0"+5qu|Rw!9KkC~V3M$ 2d yFT!Jf"ez:~ U S dE{hbaERVTGeqBzk2^oP)R}7Qv#.dQF4^%y+X-o"wr+l+B?{lb="akK;qurpDB ~O` Hn5~:D]xDS-V3tVgP`Axx8Mi2.O4g5=t DTW?ne![Cc?"C+E|o&Ks0`7_BiXHyJ8;B>7AfvuPTZV(3JW|/+Ywy"EtBEVYlNFc[5%X8@o|^DHD\*=z.)P??6`! Since Christianity came in contact with the traditional religion, there has always been a sharp conflict between traditionalists and Christians. The other very big difference between African Traditional Religion and Christianity is the worship. These include the pragmatic nature of the African cultural and religious heritage, and the African traditional methods of healing. Neglect, it is believed, might spell doom. In most countries surveyed, at least three-in-ten people believe in reincarnation, which may be related to traditional beliefs in ancestral spirits. One of Jacob Oluponas earliest memories in Massachusetts is of nearly freezing in his apartment as a graduate student at Boston University during the great snowstorm of 1978. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). for this article. I told my father that I was coming home, he recalled. One of the things these diaspora African religions testify to is the beauty of African religions to engage a devotee on many spiritual levels. Thus, to assert as Mbiti does that there are no secret sins or that something or someone is bad or good only according to outward conduct is too careless a statement to make. Villepastour, Amanda He sees the other faith as complementing and even adding spiritual potency to his own spiritual practice of constructing effective amulets. For example, in 14 of the 19 countries surveyed, more than three-in-ten people say they sometimes consult traditional healers when someone in their household is sick. Focusing on Luo Muslims in Kenya, Dr Lawrence Oseje looks at the interaction of Islam and traditional Luo practices, especially those around death and burial. During the early churchs initial expansion phase where congregations were established in Syria, Asia Minor, Achaia, Italy and Africa there were strong leadership structures in Alexandria, Carthage, Neo religious movements is a term often used to describe a wide range of movements that developed in the tail end of the 19 century (the 1960s and 1970s). It is the religion which resulted from the sustaining faith held by the forebears of the present Africans, and which is being practised today in various forms and various shades and intensities by a very large number . This is not to say that indigenous African spirituality represents a form of theocracy or religious totalitarianism not at all. Part one looks briefly at the matter of religion itself. Postcolonial, Abstract Interfaith dialogue is commonly used in building peace and understanding among religious groups. Most African communities offered animals and not humans as sacrifices. They take the communion to remember thedeath and resurrection of Jesus. Using Ghana as a case history, I shall evaluate this ministry to find out its positive and negative effects. With regard to the issue of offering ones wife in generosity, this practice, as Laurenti Magesa has shown, applied to a very limited number of African ethnic groups, such as the Masai, and in very tightly controlled situations among friends within the same age group fraternity and on very limited occasions. The cup of wine symbolises the blood Jesus shedand the bread symbolises His body which was broken for us. 2017. Mbiti emphasizes that Africans view the universe religiously. Published online by Cambridge University Press: 1 Their central thrust is to emphasize the similarities rather than the differences between current movements in the world religions, particularly Christianity and Islam, but All rights reserved. The African Traditional Religion has no founder. OLUPONA: Indigenous African religions refer to the indigenous or native religious beliefs of the African people before the Christian and Islamic colonization of Africa. Some traditional African societies like the Yoruba believed in the existence of lessergods. The religious activities of chiefs and lineage heads are generally limited to the more routine biweekly and annual festivities, but traditional priests given their association with specific shrines are regarded as specialized practitioners through whom the spirits of the gods may grant directions. Maybe this is why I am not an Anglican priest. The vibrancy of African Traditional Religion in these two aspectstheological and moralcreates a unique opportunity for Christianity in Africa, one that, as Bediako points out has been lost to Christian theology in the West, "for a serious and creative theological encounter between the Christian and primal traditions." To understand African tradition, one needs to understand the position of African Traditional Religion on God, the human person, and creation. African Traditional Religion appears to be a self-sufficient system, both from atheological point of view, in that it provides answers to questions of ultimate reality and meaning, at least to its adherents; and from the point of view of morality, in that it provides the moral rules, norms, and instruction in virtues by which human beings can live upright moral lives. This paper uses a qualitative research approach in the form of document analysis to critically explore the religious intersectionalities between Christianity and African Traditional. Mbiti makes a very controversial point when he claims that in African societies there are no acts that would be considered wrong in themselves. Everywhere he went in southwestern Nigeria, he never opposed or spoke out against African culture including initiation rites, festivals, and traditional Yoruba dress as long as it didnt directly conflict with Christianity. It also taps into a common lay attitude to what might be called a secular common sense, which feels impatience or distaste for all forms of what it considers religious extremism, while at the same time shying away from regarding any one religion as more prone to extremism than others. It is essentially a postcolonial approach to what AIR and its essential characteristics is: God and humanity, sacrifices, afterlife and ancestors. This is a universal belief among Africans. Religion is part and parcel of daily life. This is called a tithe. I am going to use the research reports of Opoky Onyinah , which he carried out among Ghanaian Christians between 1997 and 1999. Religion informs everything in traditional African society, including political art, marriage, health, diet, dress, economics, and death. OLUPONA: Thats a mixed bag. They consultedtraditional healers who used various herbs and charms to cure diverse illnesses. This includes five countries (Cameroon, Chad, Guinea Bissau, Mali and Senegal) where more than half the population uses traditional healers. According to Mbiti, Africans came to believe in God by reflecting on their experience and through observation of the created universe. Foreign religions simply dont have that same connection to the African continent. This happened in the past, and these codes were stipulated, considered sacred and binding, by the community leaders: The moral and religious order in the universe is articulated and expressed in a variety of taboos and customs that prohibit specific actions contravening such order. The idea is that the traditional African practitioner who constructed that amulet believes in the efficacy of other faiths and religions; there is no conflict in his mind between his traditional African spirituality and another faith. OLUPONA: We would lose a worldview that has collectively sustained, enriched, and given meaning to a continent and numerous other societies for centuries through its epistemology, metaphysics, history, and practices. In the face of persistent human iniquity, God is believed to furnish means of atonement and forgiveness, thereby tempering justice with mercy., However, although Christianity and African Traditional Religion share some striking similarities, closer examination of African traditional beliefs reveals that the contrasts are far more striking than the similarities. Observing this moral order ensures harmony and peace within the community. Editorial Statement: This essay is a slightly modified excerpt from the section "Evaluating African Traditional Religion: The Descriptive Task" (98-107) in Fr. When a missionary asked Africans in Zanzibar to tell him something about their God, they simply said, "God thunders!" The cleric had travelled across the seas in the 19th century to tell "the heathens without religion" or "people with a primitive religion" about God. 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