Theoretical explorations in African religion / edited by Wim van Binsbergen and Matthew Schoffeleers
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| Subjects: | Africa, Sub-Saharan--Religion |
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| Material Type: | Books |
| Language: | English |
| Audience: | Unspecified |
| Published: | London ; Boston : Kegan Paul International, 1984 |
| Series: | Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden |
| LC Classification: | B, BL |
| Additional Authors: | Binsbergen, Wim M. J. van Schoffeleers, J. M |
| Notes: | LCCN: 84012194 ISBN: 0710300492 :$50.00 (est.) Includes bibliographies and indexes 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 |
| Physical Description: | x, 389 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm |
| OCLC Number: | 10799161 |
| ISBN/ISSN: | 0710300492 |