03006nam 22006611 450 991045093140332120210721145055.01-281-39669-9978661139669590-474-0769-510.1163/9789047407690(CKB)1000000000410871(OCoLC)290584540(CaPaEBR)ebrary10234900(SSID)ssj0000099843(PQKBManifestationID)11116967(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000099843(PQKBWorkID)10016575(PQKB)10897382(MiAaPQ)EBC3004158(Au-PeEL)EBL3004158(CaPaEBR)ebr10234900(CaONFJC)MIL139669(OCoLC)923613758(OCoLC)1257380402(nllekb)BRILL9789047407690(EXLCZ)99100000000041087120210731d2006 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrAfrican Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans /David WesterlundLeiden; Boston :BRILL,2006.1 online resource (248 p.)Studies of Religion in Africa ;28Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph90-04-14433-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.Studies of Religion in Africa ;28.From Spiritual Beings to Living HumansDiseasesCauses and theories of causationDiseasesReligious aspectsMedicine, African TraditionalElectronic books.DiseasesCauses and theories of causation.DiseasesReligious aspects.Medicine, African Traditional.299.6/11661Westerlund David246190NL-LeKBNL-LeKBBOOK9910450931403321African Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation2450516UNINA