LEADER 04644oam 2200685I 450 001 9910822603703321 005 20240131152419.0 010 $a1-136-13474-3 010 $a0-203-03763-4 010 $a1-283-84100-2 010 $a1-136-13466-2 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203037638 035 $a(CKB)2670000000298655 035 $a(EBL)1074737 035 $a(OCoLC)819635921 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000784149 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11430890 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784149 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10763046 035 $a(PQKB)10803546 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1074737 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1074737 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10630344 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL415350 035 $a(OCoLC)900235213 035 $a(OCoLC)993386009 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB141823 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000298655 100 $a20180706e20091979 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReligious change in Zambia $eexploratory studies /$fWim M.J. van Binsbergen 210 1$aOxon [England] :$cRoutledge,$d2009. 215 $a1 online resource (447 p.) 225 1 $aMonographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden 225 0$aMonographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden 300 $aFirst published in 1979 by In de Knipscheer, Kegan Paul. 311 $a0-7103-0000-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aReligious 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; Introduction 327 $aReligion 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 innovations 327 $aThemes 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 relations 327 $aThe 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 Zambia 327 $aLumpa 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 index 330 $aPublished in 1981, Religious Change in Zambia is a valuable contribution to the field of Middle East Studies. 410 0$aMonographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden. 607 $aZambia$xReligion 607 $aZambia$xHistory 676 $a306.6096894 676 $a306/.6/096894 700 $aBinsbergen$b Wim M. J. van.$0611218 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822603703321 996 $aReligious change in Zambia$94009911 997 $aUNINA