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An Introduction to  Traditional Religion Jim Sutherland, PhD RMNI.org
Who Are Ethnoreligionists? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Traditional Religionists/Animists ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Religions Based on  Beings “ High” Religions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ Low Religions”—Beings on earth ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Paul G. Hiebert, “The Flaw of the Excluded Middle,”  Missiology: An International Review , 10:1, Jan. 1982, p. 40, 45. 2 Dean C. Halverson, “Animism,” in  The Compact Guide to World Religions,  Dean Halverson, ed., 1996, ISBN:1556617046, p. 40.
Charms and Rites ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Religion Based on Cosmic  Forces “ High” Religions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],“ Low Religions” ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Paul G. Hiebert, “The Flaw of the Excluded Middle,”  Missiology: An International Review , 10:1, Jan. 1982, p. 40.
Power Encounter Huntington Mammu is an elder at Ntenjeru Community Presbyterian Church, near Kampala, Uganda. He purchased land that had a stone on it considered to have power (“mana”). People who approached that stone brought money, out of respect.  He couldn’t find anyone to clear the new property, due to fear of this large stone, so he cleared it himself. But he offered nothing to the stone. Two weeks later he was near the stone and a cobra bit him. He called out to the Lord, ate onion, but deliberately did not go to a doctor. He was not hurt.
The “Excluded Middle” ,[object Object],[object Object]
Taking Spirits Seriously ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
“ Folk” Religions  ,[object Object],[object Object]
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Concept of Sin ,[object Object]
Divination ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Afterlife ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
The Gospel for Animists ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
How to Reach Animists ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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