Meaning of African traditional religion | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A religious belief system native to Africa.
   countable
2. A syncretic belief system, combining the common aspects of many African mythologies.
   uncountable

Examples

“Similarly, the so-called African traditional religions were created, with the collaboration of Christian-trained African theologians, through the authorized translation of Christian concepts and doctrines into indigenous African languages.”

“For the same reasons that many Nigerians troop to churches in recent times, many also seek spiritual intervention through African traditional religions.”

“Tallie began a quest all her own. She decided she wanted to practice an African traditional religion. “Something we did before colonization,” she said.”

“(3) African traditional religion', eroded though it is by the spread of Islam and of Christianity, is still alive and still has its own humanistic and spiritual principles, which have supported successive African generations for thousands of years.”

“There are strong arguments that African traditional religion is a religion in the same sense of Islam or Christianity, with a basic set of ideas (in a single creator deity, along with more minor deities, and ancestor spirits).”

“In this respect, love of community life and the sacred remain the strength with which the African traditional religion can enforce moral sanity into business ethics in the global market.”

“In contemporary Mozambique, Islam continues to coexist with the other faiths of Christianity and African traditional religion.”

“During the Islamic festivals of greater Biaram of Eid-il-fitri, gifts are exchanged among the adherents of the three faiths: Islam, Christianity, and African Traditional Religion.”

CEFR level