UWR C 5: African Religions and European Colonialism

Who among the following was NOT mentioned as a key person in the development of the idea of "Unkulunkulu" among the Zulus of South Africa?

• Henry Callaway

• Allen Gardiner

• William Holden

• Francis Owen

According to the text, what did European slave traders claim about Africans?

• Africans had souls and were high on the evolutionary scale.

• Africans lacked souls and were high on the evolutionary scale.

• Africans had souls and were low on the evolutionary scale.

• Africans lacked souls and were low on the evolutionary scale.

What was the view of many Christians regarding Africans and their capacity for Christian theology?

• They believed Africans could not understand Christian theology.

• They believed Africans could understand and embrace Christian theology.

• They believed Africans were too high on the evolutionary scale to need Christianity.

• They believed Africans were not influenced by Christian theology at all.

What concept did Hexham trace the development of among the Zulus of South Africa?

• The idea of scientific racism

• The idea of slavery

• The idea of "Unkulunkulu"

• The idea of secularism

What did the rise of the theory of evolution challenge in the context of African religions?

• It challenged the belief that Africans were fully human.

• It supported the claim that Africans were lower on the evolutionary scale than Europeans.

• It challenged the claim that African religions affirmed a High God.

• It supported the idea that Africans could not embrace Christian theology.

According to the text, what did the investigation of Zulu religion demonstrate about traditional African religions?

• They all shared a belief in a distant High God.

• They were all based on the worship of multiple gods.

• They lacked any awareness of a Supreme Being.

• They were identical to the great religious traditions.

What was a key source for the belief in a Zulu sky deity, the Lord of Heaven?

• The published work of Allen Gardiner.

• The analysis of Zulu artifacts.

• The published work of Henry Callaway.

• The statements of later writers.

What did Henry Callaway's careful analysis of his own evidence suggest about his statements differing from later writers' use of the terms "Unkulunkulu" and "the Lord of Heaven"?

What did European missionaries like Allen Gardiner and others confirm about the Zulu understanding of God?

How did the Zulus respond to the challenge of European beliefs according to the text?