03040nam 2200805 a 450 991096294880332120240313161700.09786613716958978998224137399822413709781280875649128087564X978998224058199822405879789982240574998224057997899822405989982240595(CKB)2550000000109933(EBL)1135073(OCoLC)830166110(SSID)ssj0000693876(PQKBManifestationID)11427226(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000693876(PQKBWorkID)10667148(PQKB)11648478(OCoLC)801413561(MdBmJHUP)muse22111(Au-PeEL)EBL1135073(CaPaEBR)ebr10574646(CaONFJC)MIL371695(PPN)187340234(FR-PaCSA)88825823(FRCYB88825823)88825823(FR-PaCSA)88933576(FRCYB88933576)88933576(Perlego)3580379(MiAaPQ)EBC1135073(EXLCZ)99255000000010993320070719d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrTonga religious life in the twentieth century /Elizabeth Colson1st ed.Lusaka, Zambia Bookworld Publishers20061 online resource (317 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9789982240451 9982240455 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter One; Bibliography; Index; Back CoverThe religious life of the Tonga-speaking peoples of southern Zambia is examined over the last century, in the sense of how they have thought about the nature of their world, the meaning of their own lives, and the sources of good and evil in which their cosmology and society have been transformed. The twelve chapters cover Time, Space and Language; Basic Themes, Tonga Religious Vocabulary and its Referents; the Vocabulary of Shrines and Substance; Homestead and Bush; Ritual Communities and Actors; Rituals of the Life Course; Death and its Rituals; Evil and Witchcraft; and Christianity and TongTonga (Zambezi people)ReligionTonga (Zambezi people)Social life and customsEthnologyZambiaTonga (Zambezi people)Religion.Tonga (Zambezi people)Social life and customs.Ethnology305.8963Colson Elizabeth1917-1796471MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910962948803321Tonga religious life in the twentieth century4338248UNINA