AN AFRO-CENTRIC SOCIOLOGY OF RELIGION

This monograph argues that classical sociology of religion was built on a foundational act of epistemic exclusion, marginalizing African religious experiences despite their historical prominence. While thinkers like Durkheim, Weber, and Marx theorized religion, major prophetic and millenarian movements across colonial Africa were ignored as sources of theory. The book shows that this omission limits the discipline’s ability to explain religion under domination, where it functioned as resistance and moral critique rather than social cohesion. It proposes an innovative ecotheological framework, centered on theocology, to reinterpret African uprisings as acts of collective world-repair, calling for a profound reorientation of the field.