Africa’s Response
Indigenous Religions
There are many different thoughts and explanations about what an Indigenous religion is. It is said that in the past, scholars described indigenous religions as “primitive, depicting images of savergy, superstition, and very basic simplicity even thought these traditions involved extensive instruction and complex rituals.” (Oxtoby & Segal, pg. 29) Yet with today’s knowledge, these scholars now define indigenous religions as one that was “created by a particular community or nation, one that is closely related to that group’s sense of identity and has remained uniquely associated with that group.” (Oxtoby & Segal, pg. 29)
Indigenous religions reinforce this sense of cultural identity, yet there can be a “borrowing” from other traditions. These components from other traditions can be rituals, deities, and ideas are brought in and joined within the indigenous system. Another view of what the term indigenous religion has come to explain is “the particular type of …show more content…
For some back-story, it is noted in the textbook that until the fifteen century, Europe was a weak and isolated region. Voyages happened being led by the Portuguese and Spanish navigators which begun a process of large expansion, which made Europe the center of the world economy and the driving force in global culture and religion. (Oxtoby & Segal, pg. 65) Due to this, many indigenous communities lost their independence, lost their power and were controlled by European powers and Christianity was now the new religion to be followed. (Oxtoby & Segal, pg. 65) Within certain parts of Africa, the European powers that took over Africa were not trying to separate societies like what had been done in the Americas and Australia. Therefore, in most parts of Africa there wasn’t this need to remove these indigenous populations from the land to make way for the Europeans. (Oxtoby & Segal, pg.
Indigenous Religions
There are many different thoughts and explanations about what an Indigenous religion is. It is said that in the past, scholars described indigenous religions as “primitive, depicting images of savergy, superstition, and very basic simplicity even thought these traditions involved extensive instruction and complex rituals.” (Oxtoby & Segal, pg. 29) Yet with today’s knowledge, these scholars now define indigenous religions as one that was “created by a particular community or nation, one that is closely related to that group’s sense of identity and has remained uniquely associated with that group.” (Oxtoby & Segal, pg. 29)
Indigenous religions reinforce this sense of cultural identity, yet there can be a “borrowing” from other traditions. These components from other traditions can be rituals, deities, and ideas are brought in and joined within the indigenous system. Another view of what the term indigenous religion has come to explain is “the particular type of …show more content…
For some back-story, it is noted in the textbook that until the fifteen century, Europe was a weak and isolated region. Voyages happened being led by the Portuguese and Spanish navigators which begun a process of large expansion, which made Europe the center of the world economy and the driving force in global culture and religion. (Oxtoby & Segal, pg. 65) Due to this, many indigenous communities lost their independence, lost their power and were controlled by European powers and Christianity was now the new religion to be followed. (Oxtoby & Segal, pg. 65) Within certain parts of Africa, the European powers that took over Africa were not trying to separate societies like what had been done in the Americas and Australia. Therefore, in most parts of Africa there wasn’t this need to remove these indigenous populations from the land to make way for the Europeans. (Oxtoby & Segal, pg.