Religions and Domestic Beliefs
By:Zach Dicken
Main points:
. Most people descended from the Bantu stock
. They still dispersed into many different groups with wide range of languages, societies and cultural traditions
. All African people, with barley any exceptions recognized a single superior
. The believed in a Creator god but was given many different names
. Many consider him omnipotent and omniscient
. Lesser gods were also recognized of spirits of the sun, wind, rain, trees, rivers and other natural features
. Most groups included prayers, animal sacrifices and ceremony stages
. They had a religious class called diviners
. Diviners had power power to meditate between human and supernatural beings (women could also be diviners)
. African religion strongly emphasized morality and proper behavior
Extra information:
. When ever something bad happened to their village diviners were sent out to find and discover the source of the problem
. Failure to observe high moral standards would lead to disorder, which makes deities, spirits and ancestors very unhappy
. Behavior was important to their fortunes, family and kinship
. Ancestors were able to depart and could shape I to bad events for descendants who dis honored or neglect their ancestors
.Creator god created the earth and humankind and that he was the source of order in the world
. They also believed that god did not intervene or participate in the day by day affairs
. Two main religions were Christianity and Islam, both were supported in Africa
. Most people descended from the Bantu stock
. They still dispersed into many different groups with wide range of languages, societies and cultural traditions
. All African people, with barley any exceptions recognized a single superior
. The believed in a Creator god but was given many different names
. Many consider him omnipotent and omniscient
. Lesser gods were also recognized of spirits of the sun, wind, rain, trees, rivers and other natural features
. Most groups included prayers, animal sacrifices and ceremony stages
. They had a religious class called diviners
. Diviners had power power to meditate between human and supernatural beings (women could also be diviners)
. African religion strongly emphasized morality and proper behavior
Extra information:
. When ever something bad happened to their village diviners were sent out to find and discover the source of the problem
. Failure to observe high moral standards would lead to disorder, which makes deities, spirits and ancestors very unhappy
. Behavior was important to their fortunes, family and kinship
. Ancestors were able to depart and could shape I to bad events for descendants who dis honored or neglect their ancestors
.Creator god created the earth and humankind and that he was the source of order in the world
. They also believed that god did not intervene or participate in the day by day affairs
. Two main religions were Christianity and Islam, both were supported in Africa