Emmanuel Y. Lartey is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Pastoral Theology and Spiritual Care at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University. He is the author of Pastoral Theology in an Intercultural World (2006) and Postcolonializing God: An African Practical Theology (2013); and was co-editor of Postcolonial Images of Spiritual Care (2020).

• Foreword by Kofi Asare Opoku Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Nature of African Religion2 Ritual: Sacred Technology of African Religious Cultures3 Manifestation of Spirit: Sacred Possession: Elevated States of Consciousness 4 Challenges to Life: Chaos, Evil, and Misfortune in African Religious Cultures5 Divination and Divine Guidance6 Health, Healing, and Wholeness7 Death Is Like Birth: Death and Life in African Religious Cultures8 Tsamō: African Spiritual CareBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Emmanuel Y. Lartey is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Pastoral Theology and Spiritual Care at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University. He is the author of Pastoral Theology in an Intercultural World (2006) and Postcolonializing God: An African Practical Theology (2013); and was co-editor of Postcolonial Images of Spiritual Care (2020).

• Foreword by Kofi Asare Opoku Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Nature of African Religion2 Ritual: Sacred Technology of African Religious Cultures3 Manifestation of Spirit: Sacred Possession: Elevated States of Consciousness 4 Challenges to Life: Chaos, Evil, and Misfortune in African Religious Cultures5 Divination and Divine Guidance6 Health, Healing, and Wholeness7 Death Is Like Birth: Death and Life in African Religious Cultures8 Tsamō: African Spiritual CareBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

Emmanuel Y. Lartey is Charles Howard Candler Professor of Pastoral Theology and Spiritual Care at the Candler School of Theology of Emory University. He is the author of Pastoral Theology in an Intercultural World (2006) and Postcolonializing God: An African Practical Theology (2013); and was co-editor of Postcolonial Images of Spiritual Care (2020).

• Foreword by Kofi Asare Opoku Acknowledgments Introduction 1 Nature of African Religion2 Ritual: Sacred Technology of African Religious Cultures3 Manifestation of Spirit: Sacred Possession: Elevated States of Consciousness 4 Challenges to Life: Chaos, Evil, and Misfortune in African Religious Cultures5 Divination and Divine Guidance6 Health, Healing, and Wholeness7 Death Is Like Birth: Death and Life in African Religious Cultures8 Tsamō: African Spiritual CareBibliographyIndexAbout the Author