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Prayer in the religious traditions of Africa / Aylward Shorter.
LIBRA - Rare BL2400 .S5 1976 Banks copy
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shorter, Aylward.
- Series:
- Galaxy book ; GB 467.
- A Galaxy book ; GB 467
- Language:
- English
- Multiple languages
- Subjects (All):
- Africa--Religion.
- Africa.
- Religion.
- Prayers.
- Prayer.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 14 unnumbered pages, 145 pages, 1 unnumbered page ; 22 cm.
- Edition:
- First American Printing.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1976.
- Contents:
- Part one-the prayer literature of Africa
- Part two-presentation of the texts. The divine government. The transmission and continuity of life. Earth, the fertile mother of living things. Health and healing. Memorial. Mediation and reciprocity. Gratitude, a foundation for trust. Conversion, forgiveness and purification. Judgement. Protection from evil. Celestial symbols of prosperity and good fortune. Peace, internal and external. Victory and war. Crisis and desperation. Old age and death.
- Notes:
- "First American Printing 1976."
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 144-146).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0195198484
- OCLC:
- 2291920
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