What is the religious significance of the environment in traditional African communities?

      

Discuss the religious significance of the environment in traditional African communities.

  

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Maurice
(i) Soil is used in taking religious oaths.

(ii) Most rituals connected with the rites of passage are linked to the environment in one way or another.

(iii) Occurrence of calamities such as droughts, floods are associated with God's power.

(iv) Some totemic birds, animals, objects and heavenly bodies are considered to be sacred.

(v) God reveals Himself through clouds, lightening, earthquake and heavenly bodies.

(vi) The environment is believed to be the abode of the spirits and the ancestors.

(vii) Many people believe that land is a gift from God to be their homeland.

(viii) It is a religious obligation for people to conserve the environment.

(ix) The environment is sacred as it was created by God.

(x) The behaviour of certain animals and plants is interpreted as a means of God communicating with human beings.

(xi) God provides and sustains His creation through the environment.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on July 6, 2017 at 10:41


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