The apparent conflict of transcendentalism and immanentism in Kwame Gyekye and Kwasi Wiredu’s interpretation of the Akan concept of God
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Published:2017-07-21
Issue:1
Volume:6
Page:23-38
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ISSN:2408-5987
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Container-title:Filosofia Theoretica: Journal of African Philosophy, Culture and Religions
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Short-container-title:FITAJII
Abstract
In this paper I compare Kwame Gyekye’s transcendentalist interpretation of the Akan conception of God with Kwasi Wiredu’s immanentist interpretation. I highlight the tension between the two thinkers’ interpretations of Akan religious thought within the broader conflict between transcendence and immanence. Using the analytic, critical, and interpretative method, I show how the reconciliation of Gyekye and Wiredu’s divergent, yet paradoxically overlapping visions can be effected in the idea of panpsychism. In the process of effecting this reconciliation, I open up a new area of research in African philosophy of religion that African philosophers will find rewarding to engage.
Publisher
African Journals Online (AJOL)
Subject
Sociology and Political Science,Philosophy,Religious studies,Cultural Studies
Cited by
2 articles.
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