Official NUC CCMAS syllabus

ATR 402 — The Supreme Being in African Tradition:

ATR department course · Nigerian universities

What you'll be able to do (official learning outcomes)

• learn the names and attributes of God in different African communities
• demonstrate the nature of God; and
• realise the place of God in African worldview

Course contents

Multiple conceptions of God in African ethnic and regional groups. Examples from West, East, Central and Southern Africa. The concept of God as polytheism, deism, monotheism, animism in African Traditional Religion. Mbiti, Parrinder, Idowu, Awolalu’s etc. views of the concept of God in Africa and contemporary decolonial viewpoints.

Source: the Nigerian Universities Commission (NUC) Core Curriculum and Minimum Academic Standards (CCMAS). StudyOps loads this syllabus automatically when you study ATR 402.

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