The Rise and Fall of an African Utopia

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Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889204918
Total Pages : 332 pages
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Book Synopsis The Rise and Fall of an African Utopia by : Stanley Barrett

Download or read book The Rise and Fall of an African Utopia written by Stanley Barrett and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1947 a group of Yoruba-speaking fishermen who had been persecuted because of their religious beliefs founded their own community in order to worship in peace. Although located in an impoverished part of Nigeria, within a few years the village enjoyed remarkable economic success. This was partly because the fishermen held all goods in common, pooled the profits in the community treasury, and attempted to reduce the importance of the family and marriage. After about a generation the utopia began to fall apart. The early religious zeal faded, private enterprise replaced communalism, and the family became strong once more. In an attempt to explain the initial success and eventual decline of the utopia, the author compares it with neighbouring villages that embraced similar religious beliefs but did not enjoy the same economic success. He sets the problem firmly in a broad comparative framework and draws the implications for theories of development, especially Weber’s Protestant ethic thesis.

The Rise and Fall of an African Utopia A Wealthy Theocracy in Comparative Perspective

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Download or read book The Rise and Fall of an African Utopia A Wealthy Theocracy in Comparative Perspective written by and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1947 a group of Yoruba-speaking fishermen who had been persecuted because of their religious beliefs founded their own community in order to worship in peace. Although located in an impoverished part of Nigeria, within a few years the village enjoyed remarkable economic success. This was partly because the fishermen held all goods in common, pooled the profits in the community treasury, and attempted to reduce the importance of the family and marriage. After about a generation the utopia began to fall apart. The early religious zeal faded, private enterprise replaced communalism, and the family became strong once more. In an attempt to explain the initial success and eventual decline of the utopia, the author compares it with neighbouring villages that embraced similar religious beliefs but did not enjoy the same economic success. He sets the problem firmly in a broad comparative framework and draws the implications for theories of development, especially Weber’s Protestant ethic thesis.

A History of Christianity in Africa

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Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802808433
Total Pages : 432 pages
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Book Synopsis A History of Christianity in Africa by : Elizabeth Isichei

Download or read book A History of Christianity in Africa written by Elizabeth Isichei and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 1995 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Isichei's thorough study surveys the full breadth of Christianity in Africa, from the early story of Egyptian Christianity to the churches of the Middle Years (1500-1800) to the prolific success of missions throughout the 1900s. This important book fills a conspicuous void of scholarly works on Africa's Christian history. Includes 26 maps.

Consciousness and inquiry

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Publisher : University of Ottawa Press
ISBN 13 : 1772822523
Total Pages : 376 pages
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Book Synopsis Consciousness and inquiry by : Frank Manning

Download or read book Consciousness and inquiry written by Frank Manning and published by University of Ottawa Press. This book was released on 1983-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The papers in this volume were prepared for Consciousness and Inquiry, a conference jointly sponsored by the National Museum of Man and the Canadian Ethnology Society, and held in London, Ontario in 1981. The papers focus on interests and concerns which characterize contemporary Canadian ethnology.

Utopianism in Postcolonial Literatures

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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1317284445
Total Pages : 239 pages
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Book Synopsis Utopianism in Postcolonial Literatures by : Bill Ashcroft

Download or read book Utopianism in Postcolonial Literatures written by Bill Ashcroft and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-11-10 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Postcolonial Studies is more often found looking back at the past, but in this brand new book, Bill Ashcroft looks to the future and the irrepressible demands of utopia. The concept of utopia – whether playful satire or a serious proposal for an ideal community – is examined in relation to the postcolonial and the communities with which it engages. Studying a very broad range of literature, poetry and art, with chapters focussing on specific regions – Africa, India, Chicano, Caribbean and Pacific – this book is written in a clear and engaging prose which make it accessible to undergraduates as well as academics. This important book speaks to the past and future of postcolonial scholarship.

Dividends of Kinship

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134739729
Total Pages : 244 pages
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Book Synopsis Dividends of Kinship by : Peter P. Schweitzer

Download or read book Dividends of Kinship written by Peter P. Schweitzer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2003-12-16 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection reaffirms the importance of kinship, and of studying kinship, within the framework of social anthropology. The contributors examine both the benefits and burdens of kinship across cultures and explore how 'relatedness' is inextricably linked with other concepts which define people's identities - such as gender, power and history. With examples from a wide range of areas including Austria, Greenland, Portugal, Turkey and the Amazon, it covers themes such as: * how people choose and activate kin * leadership, spiritual power and kinship * inheritance, marriage and social inequality * familial sentiment and economic interest * the role of kinship in Utopian communes Dividends of Kinship provides a timely and critical reappraisal of the place of familial relations in the contemporary world. It will be of interest to undergraduates, postgraduates and academics in anthropology, and across the social sciences.

Christianity, Islam, and Orisa-Religion

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520961226
Total Pages : 312 pages
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Book Synopsis Christianity, Islam, and Orisa-Religion by : J.D.Y. Peel

Download or read book Christianity, Islam, and Orisa-Religion written by J.D.Y. Peel and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2015-11-27 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s open access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. The Yoruba of southwestern Nigeria are exceptional for the copresence among them of three religious traditions: Islam, Christianity, and the indigenous orisa religion. In this comparative study, at once historical and anthropological, Peel explores the intertwined character of the three religions and the dense imbrication of religion in all aspects of Yoruba history up to the present. For over 400 years, the Yoruba have straddled two geocultural spheres: one reaching north over the Sahara to the world of Islam, the other linking them to the Euro-American world via the Atlantic. These two external spheres were the source of contrasting cultural influences, notably those emanating from the world religions. However, the Yoruba not only imported Islam and Christianity but also exported their own orisa religion to the New World. Before the voluntary modern diaspora that has brought many Yoruba to Europe and the Americas, tens of thousands were sold as slaves in the New World, bringing with them the worship of the orisa. Peel offers deep insight into important contemporary themes such as religious conversion, new religious movements, relations between world religions, the conditions of religious violence, the transnational flows of contemporary religion, and the interplay between tradition and the demands of an ever-changing present. In the process, he makes a major theoretical contribution to the anthropology of world religions.

Experimental Americans

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Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 9780252026614
Total Pages : 300 pages
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Book Synopsis Experimental Americans by : George L. Hicks

Download or read book Experimental Americans written by George L. Hicks and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Founded in 1937 by Arthur Morgan, first chairman of the Tennessee Valley Authority, Celo (pronounced see-lo) established its own rules of land tenure and taxation, conducted its internal business by consensus and did not require its members to accept any particular ideology or religious creed. Drawing on extensive fieldwork in Celo and among its local neighbors, consultation of Celo's documentary records, and interviews with ex-members, Hicks traces the Community's ups and downs. Attacked for its opposition to World War II, Celo was revived by pacifists released from prisons and Civilian Public Service camps after the war; debilitated in the 1950s by bitter feuds with ex-members, it was buoyed up in the 1960s by the radical enthusiasm of new currents in the nation."--BOOK JACKET.

The Versatility of Kinship

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Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483267202
Total Pages : 401 pages
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Book Synopsis The Versatility of Kinship by : Linda S Cordell

Download or read book The Versatility of Kinship written by Linda S Cordell and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-12 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Studies in Anthropology: The Versatility of Kinship focuses on the dynamics involved in the special class of interpersonal ties that bind individuals to others. The selection first offers information on the variant usage in American kinship, uses of kinship in Kwaio, Solomon Islands, and incest and kinship structure. Discussions focus on incest categories in Cachama and Mamo, childhood bonds and adult residence, kinship with the dead, kinship, social identities, and behavior, and models of relatedness. The text then explores the biological, linguistic, and cultural aspects of the Hopi-Tewa system of mating in First Mesa, Arizona and the Navajo exogamic rules and preferred marriages. The publication ponders on the Kpelle negotiation of marriage and matrilateral ties and kinship and descent in the ethnic reassertion of the Eastern Creek Indians. Topics include social and cultural history, genealogy as social instrument, crystallization of the Eastern Creek community, Kpelle marriage and matrilateral ties, ethnographic background, and the negotiation of marriage and matrilateral ties. The selection is a valuable reference for anthropologists, sociologists, and readers interested in the dynamics of kinship.

The Interpretation of the Bible

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Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567345637
Total Pages : 1914 pages
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Book Synopsis The Interpretation of the Bible by : Joze Krasovec

Download or read book The Interpretation of the Bible written by Joze Krasovec and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1999-10-01 with total page 1914 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique volume, nearly 2000 pages in length and handsomely printed on Bible paper, is perhaps the most comprehensive scholarly work of our time on the translation and interpretation of the Bible. At its core are papers presented to an international symposium in Ljubljana in September 1996 to mark the publication of the new Slovenian version of the Bible, a landmark in Slovene identity and cultural life. In addition, its distinguished editor, Joze Krasovec, has commissioned a wide range of contributions devoted to translations of the Bible in many languages, including the Slavonic languages, Croatian, Czech, Hungarian, Polish and the Scandinavian languages. The 82 chapters in this work, mostly in English, are divided into three parts. Part I, on ancient translations and hermeneutics of the Bible, contains contributions by M.-E. Boismard, S.P. Brock, K.J. Cathcart, R.P. Gordon, L.J. Grech, M. Hengel, O. Keel, J. Lust, E. Tov and others, with a notable comprehensive bibliographic survey of oriental Bible translations from the first millennium by M. van Esbroeck. Part II, on Slavonic and other translations of the Bible, includes the first detailed study of the history of the Slavonic Bible, by Francis J. Thomson (over 300 pp.). Part III, with essays by such scholars as J.H. Charlesworth, D.J.A. Clines, J. Gnilka, M. G÷rg, N. Lohfink and A.C. Thiselton, concerns the interpretation of the Bible in translation, philosophy, theology, art and music. In an appendix, a complete list of printed Bibles in languages throughout the world is presented for the first time.

Beyond the Family

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 9780520075184
Total Pages : 244 pages
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Book Synopsis Beyond the Family by : A. F. Robertson

Download or read book Beyond the Family written by A. F. Robertson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reproduction is the most vital process in the regeneration of our species and our society. Nevertheless, its influence on the shape of the modern world has been consistently overlooked by social scientists who have emphasized the erosion of the family in industrialized societies. In A. F. Robertson's view families persist. And the goal of reproduction plays an essential role in everything from the organization of political parties to the growth of banks and factories. Robertson inverts the traditional wisdom that reproduction responds passively to the powerful transformative force of technology. Reproduction, he asserts, requires such extensive cooperation on the state and community level, as well as within the family, that it has had great impact on our social and political organization. Whether discussing Lesotho women and the South African economy or the effects of the family on the development of capitalism, Robertson demonstrates that the ramifications of human reproduction extend far beyond the family. Boldly argued and laced with cross-cultural comparisons, Beyond the Family synthesizes the writings of a range of thinkers. It is sure to garner discussion and debate among divergent scholars of many stripes.

Education for Development or Underdevelopment?

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Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
ISBN 13 : 0889203857
Total Pages : 320 pages
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Book Synopsis Education for Development or Underdevelopment? by : M.K. Bacchus

Download or read book Education for Development or Underdevelopment? written by M.K. Bacchus and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press. This book was released on 2010-12-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How critical is education in the development struggle of a third world country? Responding to popular demands for more accessible education, the Guyanese government instituted numerous educational reforms, hoping to promote economic growth in both the modern and the traditional sectors of the economy. Many in the traditional sector, however, saw education as a means of economic advancement, and sought increasingly to move into higher social strata through employment in the modern sector. Consequently, the civil service and private firms gained an oversupply of personnel, while agriculture and small business suffered, and unemployment increased. The author examines Guyana’s educational system from historical, political, social, and economic perspectives, and draws implications for other developing countries.

45th Anniversary Report

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Total Pages : 720 pages
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Book Synopsis 45th Anniversary Report by : Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research

Download or read book 45th Anniversary Report written by Wenner-Gren Foundation for Anthropological Research and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Varieties of Christian Experience in Nigeria

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Publisher : London : Macmillan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 236 pages
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Book Synopsis Varieties of Christian Experience in Nigeria by : Elizabeth Allo Isichei

Download or read book Varieties of Christian Experience in Nigeria written by Elizabeth Allo Isichei and published by London : Macmillan. This book was released on 1982 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Subject Catalog

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Total Pages : 1002 pages
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Library of Congress Catalogs

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Total Pages : 1002 pages
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African Studies Association Annual Meeting. [Program]

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Total Pages : 386 pages
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Download or read book African Studies Association Annual Meeting. [Program] written by African Studies Association. Annual Meeting and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: