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Religion in Africa : Experience and Expression by Walter Ea van Beek, Dennis L. Thomson and Thomas D. Blakely (1994, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100435080830

ISBN-139780435080839

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Product Key Features

Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School

Number of Pages528 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameReligion in Africa : Experience and Expression

SubjectGeneral, Ethnic & Tribal

Publication Year1994

TypeStudy Guide

Subject AreaReligion, Education

AuthorWalter Ea Van Beek, Dennis L. Thomson, Thomas D. Blakely

FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height1.3 in

Item Weight25.6 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width5.9 in

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Intended AudienceElementary/High School

LCCN92-030302

Reviews"The editors of this data-rich volume are to be congratulated for producing an outstanding set of essays, the first major collection in more than a decade on the subject of African religion."- Choice, "The editors of this data-rich volume are to be congratulated for producing an outstanding set of essays, the first major collection in more than a decade on the subject of African religion." Choice, "The editors of this data-rich volume are to be congratulated for producing an outstanding set of essays, the first major collection in more than a decade on the subject of African religion."-Choice

Dewey Edition20

Grade FromTwelfth Grade

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal291.0967

Table Of ContentContents: Introduction I. Religion and Its Translatability 1. Translatability in Islam & in Christianity in Africa, L. Sanneh 2. Islam in East African Contexts, A. Nanji 3. Cultural Change & Religious Conversion in West Africa, J.P. Kirby 4. Christ in African Folk Theology, M. Schoffeleers 5. African Religion & Mormon Doctrine Compared, D.L. Thomson 6. Ifa: A West African Cosmological System, W. Ab'mbola II. Comparisons over Time and Place 7. Women & Power in an Edo Spirit Possession Cult, P.G. Ben-Amos 8. African Religion & Art in Brazil, M.S. Omari 9. Drums of Affliction: Real Phenomenon or Scholarly Chimera?, J.M. Janzen 10. Archaeological Evidence of Traditional African Religious Expression, P. de Maret 11. The Innocent Sorcerer: Coping with Evil in Two African Societies (Kapsiki & Dogon), W.E.A. van Beek 12. Myth & Epic in Central Africa, L. de Heusch III. Instrumentality of Religion 13. Kimbanguism & the Question of Syncretism in Zaire, W. MacGaffey 14. Jamaa: A Charismatic Movement Revisited, J. Fabian 15. The Dialectic of Conversion in the A.M.E. Church in E. Zimbabwe, 1900-1950, T.O. Ranger 16. Prophetism & Social Change, A. Legesse 17. Gola Womanhood & the Limits of Masculine Omnipotence, W.L. d'Azevedo 18. Male & Female Secret Societies in Northern Sierra Leone, S. Ottenberg 19. Music Performance among the Kpelle of Liberia, R.M. Stone 20. Men's Oratory & Women's Song-Dance in Hemba Funerary Performance, P.A.R. Blakely & T.D. Blakely Bibliography Index

SynopsisThis is the first major collection for over a decade on the subject of African religion. It is part of a continuous stock-taking solidly grounded in archival and field research in Africa and the African diaspora. This book provides the views of some of the most distinguished academics in the context of African history, anthropology, archaeology, politics, comparative religion, health and healing, languages and literatures, and the visual and performing arts.