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Autore: | Harris Hermione |
Titolo: | Yoruba in diaspora [[electronic resource] ] : an African church in London / / Hermione Harris |
Pubblicazione: | New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (305 pages) |
Disciplina: | 289.9/3089963330421 |
Soggetto topico: | Yoruba (African people) - England - London - Religion |
Soggetto geografico: | London (England) Religion |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-283) and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 "Stars of the World": Yoruba Worker-Students in Britain; Chapter 3 The Cherubim and Seraphim Church, United Kingdom; Chapter 4 From Ase to Agbara: The Concept of Spiritual Power in the Cherubim and Seraphim; Chapter 5 "Electrical Energy": Dynamic Metaphors of Spiritual Power; Chapter 6 Experiencing Power: Possession by the Holy Spirit; Chapter 7 Revelation as Divinatory Practice; Chapter 8 "Practical Christianity": Revelation and the Power of Prayer; Chapter 9 Epilogue: Empowerment and Yoruba Christianity; Glossary; Notes |
Sommario/riassunto: | The Nigerian diaspora is now world-wide, and when Yoruba travel, they take with them their religious organizations. As a member of the Cherubim and Seraphim church in London for over thirty years, anthropologist Hermione Harris explores a world of prayer, spirit possession, and divination through dreams and visions. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Yoruba in diaspora |
ISBN: | 1-281-36080-5 |
9786611360801 | |
0-230-60104-9 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910784242103321 |
Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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