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Theoretical explorations in African religion / edited by Wim van Binsbergen and Matthew Schoffeleers

Catalog Data

Author:
Binsbergen, Wim M. J. van  Search this
Schoffeleers, J. M  Search this
Physical description:
x, 389 p. : ill. ; 23 cm
Type:
Books
Place:
Africa, Sub-Saharan
Africa
Date:
1985
Contents:
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
Topic:
Religion  Search this
Call number:
BL2462.5.T48 1985X
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_257313