02551nam 2200589 450 991081848260332120240131144846.01-4438-5876-5(CKB)3710000000097025(EBL)1661278(SSID)ssj0001216901(PQKBManifestationID)11654931(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001216901(PQKBWorkID)11202239(PQKB)11173912(MiAaPQ)EBC1661278(Au-PeEL)EBL1661278(CaPaEBR)ebr10855879(CaONFJC)MIL804183(OCoLC)875819869(FINmELB)ELB148342(EXLCZ)99371000000009702520140422h20142014 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligion at work in globalised traditions rainmaking, witchcraft and Christianity in Tanzania /by Terje OestigaardNewcastle upon Tyne, [United Kingdom] :Cambridge University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (316 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-4438-5472-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXWhy 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...ChristianityTanzaniaCatholic ChurchTanzaniaUlanga DistrictHistory20th centuryUlanga District (Tanzania)Religious life and customsUlanga District (Tanzania)Church history20th centuryChristianityCatholic ChurchHistory322.109678Oestigaard Terje592185MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818482603321Religion at work in globalised traditions4122035UNINA