Afua Kuma’s Prayers and Praises as Evidence of a Vibrant Primal Substructure in African Christianity
Following from the assertion that there exists a symbiosis between Christianity and the Primal Substructure in Africa, this paper sets out to examine Afua Kuma’s Jesus of the Deep Forest using Harold Turner’s six feature analysis of primal religions. It focuses on how Afua Kuma’s poetry builds up...
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| description | Following from the assertion that there exists a symbiosis between Christianity and
the Primal Substructure in Africa, this paper sets out to examine Afua Kuma’s Jesus
of the Deep Forest using Harold Turner’s six feature analysis of primal religions.
It focuses on how Afua Kuma’s poetry builds upon the six features of the primal
worldview with her new insights from the Christian faith. The author argues that this
is evidence of the vibrant primal substructure in African Christianity. This article
thus contributes to the growing body of scholarship on African Christianity and its
primal underpinnings and Christianity as a non-Western religion |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f2cae65fce194c6791d3c84d8a8dcfd62023-09-02T14:26:34ZengNoyam JournalsE-Journal of Religious and Theological Studies2458-73382021-12-01712229241https://doi.org/10.38159/erats.20217123Afua Kuma’s Prayers and Praises as Evidence of a Vibrant Primal Substructure in African ChristianityJoseph Awuah Gyebi0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1411-8571Akrofi-Christaller Institute of Theology Mission and Culture, Akropong- Akuapem, Ghana.Following from the assertion that there exists a symbiosis between Christianity and the Primal Substructure in Africa, this paper sets out to examine Afua Kuma’s Jesus of the Deep Forest using Harold Turner’s six feature analysis of primal religions. It focuses on how Afua Kuma’s poetry builds upon the six features of the primal worldview with her new insights from the Christian faith. The author argues that this is evidence of the vibrant primal substructure in African Christianity. This article thus contributes to the growing body of scholarship on African Christianity and its primal underpinnings and Christianity as a non-Western religionhttps://noyam.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/ERATS20217123.pdfprimal worldviewafrican christianityapaeafua kuma |
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| title | Afua Kuma’s Prayers and Praises as Evidence of a Vibrant Primal Substructure in African Christianity |
| title_full | Afua Kuma’s Prayers and Praises as Evidence of a Vibrant Primal Substructure in African Christianity |
| title_fullStr | Afua Kuma’s Prayers and Praises as Evidence of a Vibrant Primal Substructure in African Christianity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Afua Kuma’s Prayers and Praises as Evidence of a Vibrant Primal Substructure in African Christianity |
| title_short | Afua Kuma’s Prayers and Praises as Evidence of a Vibrant Primal Substructure in African Christianity |
| title_sort | afua kuma s prayers and praises as evidence of a vibrant primal substructure in african christianity |
| topic | primal worldview african christianity apae afua kuma |
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