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MAGESA, Laurent, African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life, Maryknoll, New York, Orbis, 1997. xvi + 296 pp

MAGESA, Laurent, African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life, Maryknoll, New York,... 499 gates. Continuing engagement with these converts may well reveal a synthesis of renewed ritual and liturgical expression that Hutchinson was not prepared to acknowledge. By any standards Hutchinson's is a profound and passionate work by one who engages with a great Nilotic society with all the intensity, elegance, and integrity which their heritage, their suffering, and their struggle to redefine themselves deserve. A potent endorsement comes from a Nuer Presbyterian elder and former civil servant who says simply, 'She speaks like a Nuer and says the things we would say.' Nairobi, Kenya MARC NIKKEL Reviews MAGESA, Laurent, African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life, Maryknoll, New York, Orbis, 1997. xvi + 296 pp. This is a useful, orderly and intelligent book, by an author who has written extensively on ethics, African liberation theology and political theology. In this book, contrary to a popular trend, Magesa's point of departure is ethics. He writes: '[T]he basis of African morality is the promotion of human life.' Hence 'the existential ethical duty of every African person is to see to it that life is transmitted as fully as possible from one generation to another' (p. 159). Life, for Magesa, 'implies http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Journal of Religion in Africa Brill

MAGESA, Laurent, African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life, Maryknoll, New York, Orbis, 1997. xvi + 296 pp

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Journal of Religion in Africa , Volume 28 (4): 499 – Jan 1, 1998
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© 1998 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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499 gates. Continuing engagement with these converts may well reveal a synthesis of renewed ritual and liturgical expression that Hutchinson was not prepared to acknowledge. By any standards Hutchinson's is a profound and passionate work by one who engages with a great Nilotic society with all the intensity, elegance, and integrity which their heritage, their suffering, and their struggle to redefine themselves deserve. A potent endorsement comes from a Nuer Presbyterian elder and former civil servant who says simply, 'She speaks like a Nuer and says the things we would say.' Nairobi, Kenya MARC NIKKEL Reviews MAGESA, Laurent, African Religion: The Moral Traditions of Abundant Life, Maryknoll, New York, Orbis, 1997. xvi + 296 pp. This is a useful, orderly and intelligent book, by an author who has written extensively on ethics, African liberation theology and political theology. In this book, contrary to a popular trend, Magesa's point of departure is ethics. He writes: '[T]he basis of African morality is the promotion of human life.' Hence 'the existential ethical duty of every African person is to see to it that life is transmitted as fully as possible from one generation to another' (p. 159). Life, for Magesa, 'implies

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