04631nam 2200697Ia 450 991082260370332120200520144314.01-136-13474-30-203-03763-41-283-84100-21-136-13466-210.4324/9780203037638 (CKB)2670000000298655(EBL)1074737(OCoLC)819635921(SSID)ssj0000784149(PQKBManifestationID)11430890(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784149(PQKBWorkID)10763046(PQKB)10803546(MiAaPQ)EBC1074737(Au-PeEL)EBL1074737(CaPaEBR)ebr10630344(CaONFJC)MIL415350(OCoLC)900235213(OCoLC)993386009(FINmELB)ELB141823(EXLCZ)99267000000029865519821029d1981 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrReligious change in Zambia exploratory studies /Wim M.J. van Binsbergen1st ed.London ;Boston Kegan Paul International19811 online resource (447 p.)Monographs from the African Studies Centre, LeidenFirst published in 1979 by In de Knipscheer, Kegan Paul.0-7103-0000-X Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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; IntroductionReligion 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 innovationsThemes of religious change: towards an interpretative synthesisThe overall process of religious change; Conclusion; Chapter 5Regional and non-regional cults of affliction in western Zambia; Introduction; Non-regional cults of affliction; Regional cults of affliction in western Zambia: general characteristics; The development of Nzila and Bituma as regional cults; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Ritual, class and urban-rural relations; Introduction; Local rural society as the referent of ritual symbolism; The Bituma cult in town: what is its referent?; The cultural aspect of urban-rural relationsThe dominant orientation in religious studies, and a possible alternativeCulture among an urban ethnic minority; The argument extended to the rural areas; The historical dimension; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Cults of affliction in town, and the articulation of modes of production; Introduction; Bituma as a cult of affliction and as an urban cult; Interpretation: (a) Current non-Marxist approaches; Interpretation: (b) Marxist approaches; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Religious innovation and political conflict in Zambia: the Lumpa rising; The Lumpa problem; The background of religious innovation in ZambiaLumpa and its development in rural north-east ZambiaReligion and the state in modern Zambia: the problem of legitimation; Conclusion; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Archival materials consulted; Notes to plates; Author index; Subject indexPublished in 1981, Religious Change in Zambia is a valuable contribution to the field of Middle East Studies. Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden.ZambiaReligionZambiaHistory306.6096894306/.6/096894Binsbergen Wim M. J. van611218MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910822603703321Religious change in Zambia4009911UNINA