1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716400303321

Titolo

Granting consent to construct dam in Des Moines River, Iowa. January 16 (calendar day, January 28), 1926. -- Ordered to be printed

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Washington, D.C.] : , : [U.S. Government Printing Office], , 1926

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (2 pages)

Collana

Senate report / 69th Congress, 1st session. Senate ; ; no. 98

[United States congressional serial set ] ; ; [serial no. 8524]

Altri autori (Persone)

JonesWesley Livsey <1863-1932> (Republican (WA))

Soggetti

Dams

Electric utilities

Construction

Legislative materials.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Batch processed record: Metadata reviewed, not verified. Some fields updated by batch processes.

FDLP item number not assigned.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910788547203321

Autore

Ephirim-Donkor Anthony

Titolo

African religion defined [[electronic resource] ] : a systematic study of ancestor worship among the Akan / / Anthony Ephirim-Donkor

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : University Press of America, 2010

ISBN

1-283-61375-1

9786613926203

0-7618-5329-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Disciplina

299.683385

Soggetti

Akan (African people) - Religion

Ancestor worship - Ghana

Ancestor worship - Côte d'Ivoire

Ghana Religious life and customs

Côte d'Ivoire Religious life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [141]-142) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Cosmology; Chapter 2: Witchcraft; Chapter 3: Sacrifices and Offerings; Chapter 4: Living Ancestors; Chapter 5: The Ancestors Stool; Endnotes; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

The author, a traditional king and professor, studies the Akan in Ghana to demonstrate that ancestor worship is as pragmatic, systematic, theological, teleological, soteriological - with a highly trained clerical body and elders as mediators - and symbolic as any other religion in the world.