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Title: | Philosophical dialogue and the problem of evil amongst the Beti (southern Cameroun) |
Author: | Fouda, B.J. |
Year: | 1990 |
Periodical: | Journal of African Religion and Philosophy |
Volume: | 1 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 43-52 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Cameroon West Africa |
Subjects: | philosophy Beti Philosophy, Psychology Beti (African people) |
Abstract: | Dialogue, defined as a way of conversing between two or more persons, is an intellectual inquiry that leads to a well-established knowledge even if the conclusion is negative. It appears as a progressive and inventive method. The Beti of southern Cameroun are familiar with the philosophical dialogue to which they give a bend that characterizes their own personal genius, and yet that directly links them to the long itinerary of world philosophy. This paper analyses a Beti text (presented in English translation) gathered in 1958, at Otélé, by Abbé Sylvain Atangana, from the ethnic group of the Mvog-Atangana-Mballa of Ngomedzap. It is a philosophical dialogue concerning the problem of evil. It centres on the question of how it is that God, who is good and almighty, has created beings who are capable of suffering from or doing evil. Notes, ref. |