The God in Us

This book traces the unitary source of all of the world's major religions. The author's analysis of world religions or faiths adopts a multi-interdisciplinary approach taking the reader through historical, anthropological, archaeological, and theological viewpoints to make juxtapositions.

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Hlumelo Biko

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This book traces the unitary source of all of the world's major religions. The author's analysis of world religions or faiths adopts a multi-interdisciplinary approach taking the reader through historical, anthropological, archaeological, and theological viewpoints to make juxtapositions.

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Acknowledgments

Preface

Introduction and background

1. Africans and the Divine

2. African Pantheism and the Sanatan Dharma

3. The Old Testament and its African roots

4. Understanding the origins and development of pantheism

5. Who created the universe? Energy of Light, the Demiurge or God?

6. Gnosticism and the testimony of Jesus

7. The rise and fall from grace of the Catholic Church

8. The spiritual scramble for Africa

9. Case Studies, Part One (Ethiopia, Bukongo and Akan)

10. Missionary Motives, Cultural Reproduction and Case Studies, Part Two

11. Conclusion

Index