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UNINA9910462687903321 |
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Autore |
Binsbergen Wim M. J. van. |
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Religious change in Zambia : exploratory studies / / Wim M.J. van Binsbergen |
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Oxon [England] : , : Routledge, , 2009 |
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0-203-03763-4 |
1-283-84100-2 |
1-136-13466-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (447 p.) |
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Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden |
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Disciplina |
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306.6096894 |
306/.6/096894 |
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Soggetti |
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Electronic books. |
Zambia Religion |
Zambia History |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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First published in 1979 by In de Knipscheer, Kegan Paul. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Religious change in Zambia Exploratory studies; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface and acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Towards a theory of religious change in Central Africa1; The background of the present studies; Possible anthropological contributions to the study of Central African religious change; Evolving models of Central African religion and religious change; Towards a Marxist theory of Central African religious change; Conclusion; Chapter 2Possession and mediumship in Zambia: towards a comparative approach; Introduction |
Religion and society: some theoretical considerationsPreliminaries to a comparative approach to Zambian possession and mediumship; Conclusion; Chapter 3Explorations in the history and sociology of territorial cults in Zambia; The territorial cult in the Zambian context; Shrines, ecology and the community; Chiefs and shrines in Zambia's history; Conclusion; Chapter 4Religious change and the problem of evil in western Zambia; Introduction; Dominant aspects of village religion in the nineteenth century; Descriptive overview of modern religious innovations |
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