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Author : Wim van Binsbergen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (47 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Explorations in African Religion written by Wim van Binsbergen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Wim van Binsbergen
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136137947
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Explorations in African Religion written by Wim van Binsbergen and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985. This collection of papers on theoretical and methodological perspectives in the study of African religion is the outcome of a conference which the editors were asked to convene on behalf of the African Studies Centre, Leiden, in December 1979.
Author : Van
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136137866
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)
Download or read book Theoretical Exploratns In Africa written by Van and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-28 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1985. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : Frank McLynn
Publisher : Basic Books (AZ)
ISBN 13 : 9780786700844
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (8 download)
Download or read book Hearts of Darkness written by Frank McLynn and published by Basic Books (AZ). This book was released on 1994-06 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An examination of the European exploration of the African continent probes the impact and reputation of the explorers and discusses the abnormal psychology that led these men to court death in the African wilderness
Author : Matthias Brenzinger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110870606
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Language Death written by Matthias Brenzinger and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2012-10-25 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.
Author : Gerhard Kubik
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226456919
Total Pages : 465 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)
Download or read book Theory of African Music, Volume I written by Gerhard Kubik and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-10-30 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 1 previously published in 1994 by F. Noetzel.
Author : Elizabeth Isichei
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467420816
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)
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 1995-02-22 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unprecedented work is the first one-volume study of the history of Christianity in Africa. Written by Elizabeth Isichei, a leading scholar in this field, A History of Christianity in Africa examines the origins and development of Christianity in Africa from the early story of Egyptian Christianity to the spectacular growth, vitality, and diversity of the churches in Africa today. Isichei opens with the brilliance of Christianity in Africa in antiquity and shows how Christian Egypt and North Africa produced some of the most influential intellects of the time. She then discusses the churches founded in the wake of early contacts with Europe, from the late fifteenth century on, and the unbroken Christian witness of Coptic Egypt and of Ethiopia. Isichei also examines the different types of Christianity in modern Africa and shows how social factors have influenced its development and expression. With the explosive growth of Christianity now taking place in Africa and the increasingly recognized significance of African Christianity, this much-needed book fills the void in scholarly works on that continent's Christian past, also foreshadowing Christian Africa's influential future.
Author : Matthias Brenzinger
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 9783110134049
Total Pages : 464 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (34 download)
Download or read book Language Death written by Matthias Brenzinger and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 1992 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE SOCIOLOGY OF LANGUAGE brings to students, researchers and practitioners in all of the social and language-related sciences carefully selected book-length publications dealing with sociolinguistic theory, methods, findings and applications. It approaches the study of language in society in its broadest sense, as a truly international and interdisciplinary field in which various approaches, theoretical and empirical, supplement and complement each other. The series invites the attention of linguists, language teachers of all interests, sociologists, political scientists, anthropologists, historians etc. to the development of the sociology of language.
Author : Philip M. Peek
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253343093
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (43 download)
Download or read book African Divination Systems written by Philip M. Peek and published by Georgetown University Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This volume of finely crafted case studies is also the vehicle for an important general theory of divination.... this is a book overflowing with ideas that will powerfully stimulate further research." -- Journal of Ritual Studies "The essays in this collection provide a very useful overview of both the diversity of African divination systems and of recent approaches to their study." -- Choice This unique collection of essays by an exceptional international group of Africanists demonstrates the central role that divination continues to play throughout Africa in maintaining cultural systems and in guiding human action. African Divination Systems offers insights for current discussions in comparative epistemology, cross-cultural psychology, cognition studies, semiotics, ethnoscience, religious studies, and anthropology.
Author : Michael Jindra
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857452061
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)
Download or read book Funerals in Africa written by Michael Jindra and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2011-09-30 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Across Africa, funerals and events remembering the dead have become larger and even more numerous over the years. Whereas in the West death is normally a private and family affair, in Africa funerals are often the central life cycle event, unparalleled in cost and importance, for which families harness vast amounts of resources to host lavish events for multitudes of people with ramifications well beyond the event. Though officials may try to regulate them, the popularity of these events often makes such efforts fruitless, and the elites themselves spend tremendously on funerals. This volume brings together scholars who have conducted research on funerary events across sub-Saharan Africa. The contributions offer an in-depth understanding of the broad changes and underlying causes in African societies over the years, such as changes in religious beliefs, social structure, urbanization, and technological changes and health.
Author : Mirjam De Bruijn
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004156968
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Strength Beyond Structure written by Mirjam De Bruijn and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Drawing on a wide range of historical and anthropological case studies from various parts of Africa, this anthology provides an understanding of the importance of agency in processes of social transformation, especially in the context of crisis and structural constraint.
Author : Dr Retief Müller
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1409481646
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (94 download)
Download or read book African Pilgrimage written by Dr Retief Müller and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2013-06-28 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Years after the end of Apartheid South Africa remains racially polarized and socially divided. In this context pilgrimage and travelling rituals serve to help those who often find themselves at the bottom end of the social ladder to make sense of their world. This book describes a South Africa that is made up of a number of different fragmented worlds. The focus is on the Zion Christian Church, one of the largest religious movements in southern Africa, and a good example of indigenized African Christianity. Pilgrimage plays an important role in reintegrating some of those fragmented worlds into something approaching wholeness. This book tells the story of how the enduring ritual of pilgrimage is transforming African religion, along with the lives of ordinary South Africans.
Author : Sally Falk Moore
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 9780813915050
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (15 download)
Download or read book Anthropology and Africa written by Sally Falk Moore and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African studies in anthropology throw light on the way Anglo-Europeans and Americans have conceived of the rest of the world and the way academic disciplines have changed in this century.
Author : Robert M. Baum
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253017912
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book West Africa's Women of God written by Robert M. Baum and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2015-11-09 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: West Africa's Women of God examines the history of direct revelation from Emitai, the Supreme Being, which has been central to the Diola religion from before European colonization to the present day. Robert M. Baum charts the evolution of this movement from its origins as an exclusively male tradition to one that is largely female. He traces the response of Diola to the distinct challenges presented by conquest, colonial rule, and the post-colonial era. Looking specifically at the work of the most famous Diola woman prophet, Alinesitoué, Baum addresses the history of prophecy in West Africa and its impact on colonialism, the development of local religious traditions, and the role of women in religious communities.
Author : Ezra Chitando
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 303149167X
Total Pages : 995 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (314 download)
Download or read book The Palgrave Handbook of African Men and Masculinities written by Ezra Chitando and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 995 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. Marie Griffith
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 0801889014
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (18 download)
Download or read book Women and Religion in the African Diaspora written by R. Marie Griffith and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2006-09-22 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This landmark collection of newly commissioned essays explores how diverse women of African descent have practiced religion as part of the work of their ordinary and sometimes extraordinary lives. By examining women from North America, the Caribbean, Brazil, and Africa, the contributors identify the patterns that emerge as women, religion, and diaspora intersect, mapping fresh approaches to this emergent field of inquiry. The volume focuses on issues of history, tradition, and the authenticity of African-derived spiritual practices in a variety of contexts, including those where memories of suffering remain fresh and powerful. The contributors discuss matters of power and leadership and of religious expressions outside of institutional settings. The essays study women of Christian denominations, African and Afro-Caribbean traditions, and Islam, addressing their roles as spiritual leaders, artists and musicians, preachers, and participants in bible-study groups. This volume's transnational mixture, along with its use of creative analytical approaches, challenges existing paradigms and summons new models for studying women, religions, and diasporic shiftings across time and space.
Author : Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 113758890X
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)
Download or read book Routes and Rites to the City written by Matthew Wilhelm-Solomon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2017-01-20 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This thought-provoking book is an exploration of the ways religion and diverse forms of mobility have shaped post-apartheid Johannesburg, South Africa. It analyses transnational and local migration in contemporary and historical perspective, along with movements of commodities, ideas, sounds and colours within the city. It re-theorizes urban ‘super-diversity’ as a plurality of religious, ethnic, national and racial groups but also as the diverse processes through which religion produces urban space. The authors argue that while religion facilitates movement, belonging and aspiration in the city, it is complicit in establishing new forms of enclosure, moral order and spatial and gendered control. Multi-authored and interdisciplinary, this edited collection deals with a wide variety of sites and religions, including Christianity, Islam, Hinduism and Judaism. Its original reading of post-apartheid Johannesburg advances global debates around religion, urbanization, migration and diversity, and will appeal to students and scholars working in these fields.
