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Autore |
Oestigaard Terje |
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Titolo |
Religion at work in globalised traditions : rainmaking, witchcraft and Christianity in Tanzania / / by Terje Oestigaard |
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Newcastle upon Tyne, [United Kingdom] : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2014 |
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©2014 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (316 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Christianity - Tanzania |
Catholic Church - Tanzania - Ulanga District - History - 20th century |
Ulanga District (Tanzania) Religious life and customs |
Ulanga District (Tanzania) Church history 20th century |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Why do traditions disappear? How is the disappearance of tradition also a vehicle for social change and re-inventions of practices and new traditions? Using case studies from one Sukuma area along the southern shores of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, global processes of how religions work in practice are analysed by focusing on rainmaking, witchcraft and Christianity. Traditionally, Sukuma society was culturally and cosmologically structured around the chief, the ancestors and rainmaking. Everyth... |
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