Tales of Faith
Author | : V. Y. Mudimbe |
Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 258 |
Release | : 2016-10-06 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781474281379 |
ISBN-13 | : 1474281370 |
Rating | : 4/5 (370 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Tales of Faith by : V. Y. Mudimbe
Download or read book Tales of Faith written by V. Y. Mudimbe and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-06 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores African religious practice and its relation to African identity. It takes the problem of faith as its central theme, emphasizing the particular existential tensions dividing yet uniting the Christian and the African. Drawing on Heidegger and Sartre, it analyses these tensions underlying and creating the dialogues of hybridity or metissage.