African religiosity is framed as a resource for global revival and development

Evidence

Although Africa is very rich in natural resources, it remains economically poor. At the same time, it is endowed with a wealth of cultural values and priceless human qualities which it can offer to the Churches and to humanity as a whole … They are values which can contribute to an effective reversal of the Continent’s dramatic situation and facilitate that worldwide revival on which the desired development of individual nations depends. Africans have a profound religious sense, a sense of the sacred, of the existence of God the Creator and of a spiritual world. The reality of sin in its individual and social forms is very much present in the consciousness of these peoples, as is also the need for rites of purification and expiation. — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 702

Categorization

• XREF: This echoes the claim in earlier Tempels chapters that Bantu vitality (force vitale) and sense of the sacred are the foundation religion itself draws on. — connects to: African religiosity as identity is an invented tradition — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 804; Africans’ religious nature is affirmed by religionists and disputed by empiricists — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 798; African religiousness centers on communal dialogue with God rather than individual theology — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 314 (+6 more)
• yield-rescued: below the book’s yield-target cutoff, included anyway for connecting to: African religiosity as identity is an invented tradition — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 804; Africans’ religious nature is affirmed by religionists and disputed by empiricists — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 798; African religiousness centers on communal dialogue with God rather than individual theology — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 314 (+6 more)

Broader Connections

• Enlightenment racial views shaped missionary evangelization strategy in Africa #complicates (0.80) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 136
• African religiosity as identity is an invented tradition #complicates (0.78) — Frans Dokman, Beyond Bantu Philosophy_…, 804