798 Index
Adu Ogyinae, 1:10–11
Adansi state and,1: 10
Akan clan deities and,1: 11
Akan Nation creation story and,1:10–11
Akan original people and,1: 11
as first man in Akan mythology,1:10–11
African Ideas of God(E. W. Smith),1: 13
African Independent Churches,1: 299
The African Origin of Civilization
(Diop),1: 322
African religion
African authors and,1:xxii
African Religions and Philosophy(Mbiti) and,
1:xxii–xxiv
Afrocentric authors and,1:xxi–xxii
altar consecration and,1:xxviii
ancestors activity as core belief of,1:xxii,
1:xxiv
balance and harmony quest and,1:xxii,1:xxvi
connective and related links and,1:xxix–xxx
contributions to religious ideas by,1:xxi
cultural interaction and,1:xxix
Earth as a living entity concept and,1:xxviii
Egypt as part of Africa issue and,1:xxiv
Encyclopedia of African Religionobjectives
and,1:xxi,1:xxix–xxx
existence of spirits and,1:xxii
First Ancestor concept and,1:xxii
justice brought to the world by creator God
concept and,1:xxv
Karnak temple and,1:xxvi
language and concept correspondence and,
1:xxi
names of Supreme God and,1:xxv,1:xxvii
nature divinities and,1:xxvii–xxviii
polytheismvs.monotheism issue
and,1:xxiv–xxv
reaching God stories and,1:xxv
reciprocity, circularity, and continuity of
community concepts in,1:xxii
recurring cycle of humanity and,1:xxi
severe crisis conditions and,1:xxii
Supreme Being as progenitor of all other deities
and,1:xxvi
Supreme Being cannot be contained concept
and,1:xxvi
Supreme Being removed from human affairs
concept in,1:xxii
Supreme Deity, First Ancestor concept
and,1:xxii
Supreme Deity attributes and,1:xxv–xxix
20th century rediscovery of,1:xxii–xxiv
unity of African religion concept and,1:xxii
universal appeal to spirits of all of nature and,
1:xxii
Waset triad and,1:xxiv
Yoruba God Olorun myths and,1:xxvi
African Religions and Philosophy(Mbiti),1:xxii
African Systems of Thought(International
African Institute of London),1: 13
Africism, 1:11–14
autochthonous religion and philosophy of
Africa and,1: 11
communalism feature of,1: 13
concept development and,1:13–14
the diaspora and,1:199–201
etymology of “Africa” and,1: 12
geo-ontological, definition of,1: 12
God is Creation; Creation in the Universe
concept in,1: 13
henotheism feature of,1: 13
human beings feature of,1: 13
Kujichaguliaprinciple and,1: 11
monotheistic religion feature of,1: 12
pantheon concept in,1: 13
suprahuman beings feature of,1: 13
Supreme Being, God feature of,1: 12
Ubuntu compassion and consideration for
others concept and,1: 13
the universe feature of,1: 13
See alsoCultural relocation
Afterlife, 1:14–16
acceptance concept and,1:15–16
ascension concept and,1:14–15
Book of Merikaraand,1: 15
Book of the Coming Forth by Day (The Book
of the Dead)and,1:14,1:15,1:16,
1:137–138
Books of the Underworldand,1: 14
Coffin Texts (The Book of Vindication)and,
1:14,1:15,1:16,1: 138
Declarations of Innocence and,1: 15
Dwat and,1:224–225,1: 248
funerary or mortuary texts of,1: 14
Ginen and,1:282–284
immortality on Earth and,1: 16
judgment concept and,1: 15
Maatian tradition of ancient Egypt and,1: 14
Negative Confessions and,1: 15
Osiris and,1:14,1:16,2: 558