John S. Mbiti – father of African Christian theology: a tribute by Francis Anekwe Oborji
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[Although many African languages do not have a word for religion
as such, it nevertheless accompanies the individual from long before
his birth to long after his physical death. (…) Chapters of African
religions are written everywhere in the life of the community, and
in traditional society there are no irreligious people. To be human
is to belong to the whole community, and to do so involves
participating in the beliefs, ceremonies, rituals and festivals of that
community. A person cannot detach himself from the religion of his
group, for to do so is to be severed from his roots, his foundation,
his context of security, his kinships, and the entire group of those
who make him aware of his own existence.]
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