COVENANT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION
Authors: Samuel M. Onwuka
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Published: June 14, 2024
Reference: Volume 8, Issue 2
Abstract
Covenant practice is common in almost all religious traditions of the world including Africa traditional religion. Covenants in the ancient world were solemn agreements by which societies attempted to standardize the behaviour of both individuals and social organizations, particularly in those contexts in which social control was either inadequate or nonexistent. This study examines the origin, nature and uniqueness of covenant in the Bible and its perspective from the Africa traditional religion. Covenant is a binding promise of far-reaching importance in the relations between God, individuals, and nations. It has social, legal, religious and moral implications. It can take the form of oath taking, bonding and initiation. This work uses majorly documented religious history and phenomenological approaches as research methods. Covenant is one of the most important themes in the Bible because they act as the skeletons upon which the entire redemptive story is built. African people provided ethical principles through the framework of covenant expressed in indigenous African religious culture. Covenant as used in this study refers to a religious agreement or treaty between two or more parties and is of different types and each type has its own peculiar method of processing.
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Samuel M. Onwuka. (2024). COVENANT FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF AFRICAN TRADITIONAL RELIGION. ABIA JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES , Volume 8 (2) .