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    <title>African traditional religion</title>
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    <namePart>Lugira, Aloysius Muzzanganda.</namePart>
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    <place>
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    <publisher>Chelsea House Publishers</publisher>
    <dateIssued>c2009</dateIssued>
    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2009</dateIssued>
    <edition>3rd ed.</edition>
    <issuance>monographic</issuance>
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  <language>
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    <extent>144 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 25 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>Explores the many manifestations of African religious belief and their expressions, in the past and in the present, as well as the hopes for the future.</abstract>
  <tableOfContents>Introduction: Africa and its people -- The beginning of time: the oral tradition -- The supreme being -- The spirit world -- Rites and ritual in African religion -- Sacred spaces and places -- Mystical forces -- African religion in today's world -- African religion past, present, and future.</tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">by Aloysius M. Lugira.</note>
  <note>Chelsea House and Facts on File are both imprints of Infobase Publishing.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (p. 134-135) and index.</note>
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    <geographic>Africa</geographic>
    <topic>Religion</topic>
    <topic>Juvenile literature</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <geographic>Africa</geographic>
    <topic>Religious life and customs</topic>
    <topic>Juvenile literature</topic>
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    <geographic>Africa</geographic>
    <topic>Religion</topic>
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    <geographic>Africa</geographic>
    <topic>Religious life and customs</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">BL 2400 .L84 2009</classification>
  <classification authority="ddc" edition="22">299.6</classification>
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      <title>World religions</title>
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  <identifier type="isbn">9781604131031 (acidfree paper)</identifier>
  <identifier type="isbn">1604131039 (acidfree paper)</identifier>
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