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1 online resource (viii, 237 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Series |
Studies of religion in Africa,
0169-9814 ;
v. 28
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Studies on religion in Africa ; 28.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-233) and index. |
| Contents |
Preface -- Introduction -- Chapter One: Ethnographic Background -- Chapter Two: Heavenly Beings Among the San -- Chapter Three: God in Maasai Thought -- Chapter Four: Sukuma Spirits of Ancestors -- Chapter Five: Kongo Spirits or Nkisi -- Chapter Six: Yoruba Divinities -- Chapter Seven: Living Humans Among the San and Maasai -- Chapter Eight: Witchery Among the Sukuma, Kongo and Yoruba -- Chapter Nine: Factors of Continuity and Change -- Appendix on Natural Causation of Disease. |
| Summary |
This comparative and historical study focuses on religious aspects of disease etiologies among five, systematically selected, African peoples: the San, Maasai, Sukuma, Kongo and Yoruba. Unlike the homogenizing tendencies of many earlier comparative works by scholars of religion, this book highlights the differences between and the plurality within the religions and cultures of the selected peoples, as well as processes of change. The work covers a period of about 100 years, from the late 19th to the late 20th century, and much of the material used comes from European mission archives. To different degrees among the peoples studied, there has been a gradual shift from an emphasis on spiritual beings such as God and ancestors to living humans like 'witches' as agents of disease. In a theoretically eclective analysis, possible reasons for this shift are discussed. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Diseases -- Religious aspects.
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Diseases -- Religious aspects. |
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Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
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Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation. |
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Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Religion.
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Sub-Saharan Africa. |
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Religion. |
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Religion. |
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Medicine, African Traditional. |
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Witchcraft. |
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Africa South of the Sahara. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Westerlund, David. African indigenous religions and disease causation. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006 (DLC) 2006047581 |
| ISBN |
9789047407690 (electronic book) |
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9047407695 (electronic book) |
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9004144331 |
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9789004144330 |
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9004144331 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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9789004144330 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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