Ancestors in African religion : a comparative study of the role of ancestors in the Sotho and Nguni worship and religious ethics

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dc.contributor.advisorMazamisa, Welileen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorMoiloa, Peter Mokheleen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-05T13:33:34Z
dc.date.available2014-08-05T13:33:34Z
dc.date.issued2003en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves 118-122.
dc.description.abstractBelief in ancestral spirits among the Africans has always aroused a hot debate among scholars of African Religion. To a great number of scholars this belief seems to have been exaggerated. The fact that Africans speak more about their ancestors than about God has led some scholars into thinking that God has no place in African Traditional Religion.They argue that God is not worshipped in African Traditional Religion.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationMoiloa, P. M. (2003). <i>Ancestors in African religion : a comparative study of the role of ancestors in the Sotho and Nguni worship and religious ethics</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6044en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationMoiloa, Peter Mokhele. <i>"Ancestors in African religion : a comparative study of the role of ancestors in the Sotho and Nguni worship and religious ethics."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6044en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMoiloa, P. 2003. Ancestors in African religion : a comparative study of the role of ancestors in the Sotho and Nguni worship and religious ethics. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Moiloa, Peter Mokhele AB - Belief in ancestral spirits among the Africans has always aroused a hot debate among scholars of African Religion. To a great number of scholars this belief seems to have been exaggerated. The fact that Africans speak more about their ancestors than about God has led some scholars into thinking that God has no place in African Traditional Religion.They argue that God is not worshipped in African Traditional Religion. DA - 2003 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2003 T1 - Ancestors in African religion : a comparative study of the role of ancestors in the Sotho and Nguni worship and religious ethics TI - Ancestors in African religion : a comparative study of the role of ancestors in the Sotho and Nguni worship and religious ethics UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6044 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/6044
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationMoiloa PM. Ancestors in African religion : a comparative study of the role of ancestors in the Sotho and Nguni worship and religious ethics. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Religious Studies, 2003 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/6044en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherReligious Studiesen_ZA
dc.titleAncestors in African religion : a comparative study of the role of ancestors in the Sotho and Nguni worship and religious ethicsen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
dc.type.qualificationlevelMasters
dc.type.qualificationnameMSocScen_ZA
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