Afro-Christian religion and healing in southern Africa

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Afro-Christian religion and healing in southern Africa

edited by G.C. Oosthuizen ... [et al.]

(African studies, v. 8)

E. Mellen Press, c1989

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-388) and indexes

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This study seeks an understanding of one result of the syncretism of Southern African Christianity, namely, the increasing evidence among African Christians of ancestor veneration, belief in possession by alien spirits, dance-induced trancing, and witch beliefs.

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