Theoretical explorations in African religion
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Theoretical explorations in African religion
（Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden）
KPI, 1985
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Contents of Works
- Theoretical explorations in African religion / Wim van Binsbergen and Matthew Schoffeleers
- Perspectives on divination in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa / Renaat Devisch
- Towards a semantic approach to the principle of transformation / Wauthier de Mahieu
- From waste-making to recycling / André Droogers
- Religious pluralism / Johannes Fabian
- Oral history and the retrieval of the distant past / Matthew Schoffeleers
- The historical interpretation of myth in the context of popular Islam / Wim van Binsbergen
- The consequences of literacy in African religion / John M. Janzen
- The argument of images / Richard P. Werbner
- Religious studies and political economy / Terence O. Ranger
- Dini ya Msambwa / Robert Buijtenhuijs
- Prophets of God or of history? / Christian Coulon
Description and Table of Contents
Description
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.
Table of Contents
1 Introduction: Theoretical explorations in African religion 2 Perspectives on divination in contemporary sub-Saharan Africa 3 Towards a semantic approach to the principle of transformation: An analysis of two myths concerning the origin of circumcision among the Komo of Zaire 4 From waste-making to recycling: A plea for an eclectic use of models in the study of religious change 5 Religious pluralism: An ethnographic approach 6 Oral history and the retrieval of the distant past: On the use of legendary chronicles as sources of historical information 7 The historical interpretation of myth in the context of popular Islam 8 The consequences of literacy in African religion: The Kongo case 9 The argument of images: From Zion to the Wilderness in African churches 10 Religious studies and political economy: The Mwari cult and the peasant experience in Southern Rhodesia 11 Dini ya Msambwa: Rural rebellion or counter-society? 12 Prophets of God or of history? Muslim messianic movements and anti-colonialism in Senegal.
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