African Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation : From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans / / David Westerlund |
Autore | Westerlund David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 299.6/11661 |
Collana | Studies of Religion in Africa |
Soggetto topico |
Diseases - Causes and theories of causation
Diseases - Religious aspects Medicine, African Traditional |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-281-39669-9
9786611396695 90-474-0769-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910450931403321 |
Westerlund David | ||
Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation : From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans / / David Westerlund |
Autore | Westerlund David |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 299.6/11661 |
Collana | Studies of Religion in Africa |
Soggetto topico |
Diseases - Causes and theories of causation
Diseases - Religious aspects Medicine, African Traditional |
ISBN |
1-281-39669-9
9786611396695 90-474-0769-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785082803321 |
Westerlund David | ||
Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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African Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation : From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans / / David Westerlund |
Autore | Westerlund David |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 299.6/11661 |
Collana | Studies of Religion in Africa |
Soggetto topico |
Diseases - Causes and theories of causation
Diseases - Religious aspects Medicine, African Traditional |
ISBN |
1-281-39669-9
9786611396695 90-474-0769-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE ETHNOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER TWO HEAVENLY BEINGS AMONG THE SAN -- CHAPTER THREE GOD IN MAASAI THOUGHT -- CHAPTER FOUR SUKUMA SPIRITS OF ANCESTORS -- CHAPTER FIVE KONGO SPIRITS OR NKISI -- CHAPTER SIX YORUBA DIVINITIES -- CHAPTER SEVEN LIVING HUMANS AMONG THE SAN AND MAASAI -- CHAPTER EIGHT WITCHERY AMONG THE SUKUMA, KONGO AND YORUBA -- CHAPTER NINE FACTORS OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE -- APPENDIX NOTES ON NATURAL CAUSATION OF DISEASE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. |
Altri titoli varianti | From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823112203321 |
Westerlund David | ||
Leiden; ; Boston : , : BRILL, , 2006 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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