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This book introduces fundamental questions and problems driving debates in contemporary African philosophy of religion, which has emerged recently as one of the most vibrant new fields of African philosophy. The chapters in this book respond to African God-talk and approach questions like the nature of God, the problem of evil, death and immortality, transhumanism, moral enhancement, atheism, meaningful existence, and the decolonisation of African religious concepts. This book reflects the diversity of voices and perspectives in the literature with its critical focus on such themes as the extent of the powers of the limited God, schools of thought in contemporary African philosophy of religion, the monotheistic credentials of African Traditional Religion (ATR), and the panpsychist presuppositions of African philosophy and ATR. The book addresses the possibility of immortality, the good life, decolonising the concept of Esu, Igbo notions of the person and the problem of evil, and transhumanist ideals and the limited harmony-God. Finally, the book highlights the significance of theosophical debate between the African perfect God perspective championed by philosophers like John S. Mbiti, Kwame Gyekye, and Ebunoluwa O. Oduwole, and the African limited God view defended by philosophers like Kwasi Wiredu, Okot p'Bitek, John A.I. Bewaji, Ada Agada, and Aribiah David Attoe. The book is of interest to academics, researchers, and postgraduate students active in the fields of African philosophy, African religious studies, African studies, comparative philosophy, global philosophy of religion, theology, and intercultural and comparative religious studies.
Contents
Chapter 1. Introduction: The Past, Present, and Future of African Philosophy of Religion (Agada et al).- Chapter 2. Understanding African Philosophy of Religion: A Panoramic Introduction (Chimakonam).- Chapter 3. Some Emerging Questions and Trends in African Philosophy of Religion: Theism, Evil, Death, Reincarnation, and Immortality (Agada).- Chapter 4. A Further Unveiling of the Nature of the Thing We Call 'God' from the Perspective of Predeterministic Historicity (Attoe).- Chapter 5. God and the Humanistic Morality in an African Monotheistic Religion (Majeed).- Chapter 6. Panpsychism in African Religion and Philosophy (Dukor and Agada).- Chapter 7. Death and Immortality (Agada).- Chapter 8. A Critique of the Limited God Thesis in African Philosophy of Religion (Akpa).- Chapter 9. Rethinking The Good Life in African Religious Thought: Towards a Hermeneutic of Anthropological Wholeness in the Face of Enduring Traumas of Colonialism (Aihiokhai).- Chapter 10. God and Transhumanism in the Context of African Philosophy of Religion (Chimakonam).- Chapter 11. Decolonizing Esu and the African Limited God Thesis (Igboin).- Chapter 12. Egba-Yoruba Traditional Religion, Moral Heuristics and Moral Enhancement (Ewuoso).- Chapter 13. The Human Being and the Problem of Evil in the World: Interrogating Edeh's Philosophy of Mma-di (Oparah).- Chapter 14. The Concept and Understanding of God in Setswana Religious Thought (Sesiro).
