African Traditional Religion and Sustainable Cultural, Social and Economic Dynamics

Abstract

This chapter sets out to show that despite the globalization paradigm and the fact that Christianity, Islam, Science and Western education have had an impact on African Traditional Religion, African Religion is still a force to reckon with. We, therefore, need to exploit its influential elements for the good of us all. To achieve this goal, this study begins by revisiting the definitions of African Religion and the environment within which African Religion operates. It also points out that various elements in African Religion deserve refinement in order to be in consonant with the prevailing realities that are redefining the people of modern-day Africa. Toward the end of the discourse, this chapter discusses how the universalization, modernization, politicization, commercialization and individualization of religious ideas and practices have revitalized African Indigenous Religion.