LEADER 03141oam 22005292 450 001 9910793444103321 005 20190426110656.0 010 $a1-351-26072-3 010 $a1-351-26070-7 010 $a1-351-26071-5 035 $a(CKB)4100000007877657 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5742429 035 $a(OCoLC)1074289299 035 $a(OCoLC-P)1074289299 035 $a(FlBoTFG)9781351260725 035 $a(EXLCZ)994100000007877657 100 $a20181113d2019 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aReligions in contemporary Africa $ean introduction /$fLaura S. Grillo, Hassan J. Ndzovu, Adriaan van Klinken 210 1$aNew York, NY :$cRoutledge,$d2019. 215 $a1 online resource 311 $a0-8153-6577-2 327 $aIntroduction: Why and how this book helps you understand religions in Africa -- Major religions in Africa -- African indigenous religions -- Christianity in Africa -- Islam in Africa -- Neo-traditional religious movements in Africa -- Pentecostal-charismatic movements in Africa -- Islamic reform movements in Africa -- Topical issues of religions in Africa -- Religion, witchcraft and modernity in Africa -- Religion, power and politics in Africa -- Religion, conflict and peace in Africa -- Religion and development in Africa -- Religion and human rights in Africa -- Religion, illness and health in Africa -- Religion and gender in Africa -- Religion and sexuality in Africa -- Religion, media and popular culture in Africa. 330 $aReligions in Contemporary Africa is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the three main religious traditions on the African continent, African indigenous religions, Christianity and Islam. The book provides a historical overview of these important traditions and focuses on the roles they play in African societies today. It includes social, cultural and political case studies from across the continent on the following topical issues: - Witchcraft and modernity - Power and politics - Conflict and peace - Media and popular culture - Development - Human rights - Illness and health - Gender and sexuality With suggestions for further reading, discussion questions, illustrations and a list of glossary terms this is the ideal textbook for students in religion, African studies and adjacent fields approaching this subject area for the first time. 606 $aRELIGION / Comparative Religion$2bisacsh 606 $aRELIGION / Essays$2bisacsh 606 $aRELIGION / Reference$2bisacsh 606 $aRELIGION / General$2bisacsh 607 $aAfrica$xReligion 615 7$aRELIGION / Comparative Religion 615 7$aRELIGION / Essays 615 7$aRELIGION / Reference 615 7$aRELIGION / General 676 $a200.96 700 $aGrillo$b Laura S.$f1956-$0997948 702 $aNdzovu$b Hassan J. 702 $aVan Klinken$b A. S. 801 0$bOCoLC-P 801 1$bOCoLC-P 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910793444103321 996 $aReligions in contemporary Africa$93860154 997 $aUNINA LEADER 03752nam 2200661Ia 450 001 9910958871803321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-028263-0 010 $a1-282-38432-5 010 $a0-19-802310-3 010 $a9786612384325 035 $a(CKB)2560000000294313 035 $a(EBL)430928 035 $a(OCoLC)437115198 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000338493 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11271747 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000338493 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10297120 035 $a(PQKB)10922513 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000024634 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL430928 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10358284 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC430928 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000294313 100 $a19950713e19951994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHarriet Beecher Stowe $ea life /$fJoan D. Hedrick 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1995, c1994 215 $a1 online resource (544 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-19-509639-8 311 08$a0-19-985428-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 474-487) and index. 327 $aContents; Note on the Text; One. New England Beginnings: 1811-1816; Two. Nutplains: 1811-1816; Three. Litchfield: 1816-1824; Four. The Hartford Female Seminary: 1824-1827; Five. Year of Decision: 1827-1828; Six. A Republic of Women: 1829-1832; Seven. The West: 1832-1833; Eight. Parlor Literature: 1833-1834; Nine. Courtship and Marriage: 1834-1836; Ten. Free Men and Free Speech: 1834-1837; Eleven. Domestic Labor: 1836-1839; Twelve. The Nursery and the Parlor: 1838-1841; Thirteen. A Literary Woman: 1839-1843; Fourteen. Signs of the Times: 1843; Fifteen. In the Tide-Mud of the Real: 1844-1845 327 $aSixteen. The Water Cure: 1846-1848Seventeen. Crossing the River: 1849-1850; Eighteen. A Rush of Mighty Wind: 1850-1851; Nineteen. Cato's Daughter: 1851-1853; Twenty. Antislavery Activist: 1853-1854; Twenty-One. Andover, Kansas, and Europe: 1854-1857; Twenty-Two. Her Father's and Her Mother's God: 1857-1859; Twenty-Three. The Atlantic and the Ship of State: 1859-1864; Twenty-Four. Professional Writer: 1863-1867; Twenty-Five. Florida and Oldtown Folks: 1867-1869; Twenty-Six. Woman's Rights and Woman's Wrongs: 1869-1872; Twenty-Seven. Valedictory: 1870-1896; Notes; Select Bibliography; Index; A 327 $aBC; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z 330 $a""Up to this year I have always felt that I had no particular call to meddle with this subject....But I feel now that the time is come when even a woman or a child who can speak a word for freedom and humanity is bound to speak."" Thus did Harriet Beecher Stowe announce her decision to begin work on what would become one of the most influential novels ever written. The subject she had hesitated to ""meddle with"" was slavery, and the novel, of course, was Uncle Tom's Cabin. Still debated today for its portrayal of African Americans and its unresolved place in the literary canon, Stowe's best-k 606 $aWomen and literature$zUnited States$xHistory$y19th century 606 $aAuthors, American$y19th century$vBiography 606 $aAbolitionists$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aWomen and literature$xHistory 615 0$aAuthors, American 615 0$aAbolitionists 676 $a813 676 $a813.3 700 $aHedrick$b Joan D.$f1944-$01850792 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958871803321 996 $aHarriet Beecher Stowe$94443998 997 $aUNINA