African indigenous religions and disease causation : : from spiritual beings to living humans / / by David Westerlund.
This comparative and historical study focuses on religious aspects of disease etiologies among five, systematically selected, African peoples: the San, Maasai, Sukuma, Kongo and Yoruba. Unlike the homogenizing tendencies of many earlier comparative works by scholars of religion, this book highlights...
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Westerlund, David. African indigenous religions and disease causation : from spiritual beings to living humans / by David Westerlund. 1st ed. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006. 1 online resource (248 p.) text txt computer c online resource cr Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; v. 28 Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph English Description based on print version record. This comparative and historical study focuses on religious aspects of disease etiologies among five, systematically selected, African peoples: the San, Maasai, Sukuma, Kongo and Yoruba. Unlike the homogenizing tendencies of many earlier comparative works by scholars of religion, this book highlights the differences between and the plurality within the religions and cultures of the selected peoples, as well as processes of change. The work covers a period of about 100 years, from the late 19th to the late 20th century, and much of the material used comes from European mission archives. To different degrees among the peoples studied, there has been a gradual shift from an emphasis on spiritual beings such as God and ancestors to living humans like 'witches' as agents of disease. In a theoretically eclective analysis, possible reasons for this shift are discussed. Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE ETHNOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER TWO HEAVENLY BEINGS AMONG THE SAN -- CHAPTER THREE GOD IN MAASAI THOUGHT -- CHAPTER FOUR SUKUMA SPIRITS OF ANCESTORS -- CHAPTER FIVE KONGO SPIRITS OR NKISI -- CHAPTER SIX YORUBA DIVINITIES -- CHAPTER SEVEN LIVING HUMANS AMONG THE SAN AND MAASAI -- CHAPTER EIGHT WITCHERY AMONG THE SUKUMA, KONGO AND YORUBA -- CHAPTER NINE FACTORS OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE -- APPENDIX NOTES ON NATURAL CAUSATION OF DISEASE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index. Diseases Religious aspects. Diseases Causes and theories of causation. Africa, Sub-Saharan Religion. 90-04-14433-1 Studies on religion in Africa ; 28. |
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE ETHNOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND -- CHAPTER TWO HEAVENLY BEINGS AMONG THE SAN -- CHAPTER THREE GOD IN MAASAI THOUGHT -- CHAPTER FOUR SUKUMA SPIRITS OF ANCESTORS -- CHAPTER FIVE KONGO SPIRITS OR NKISI -- CHAPTER SIX YORUBA DIVINITIES -- CHAPTER SEVEN LIVING HUMANS AMONG THE SAN AND MAASAI -- CHAPTER EIGHT WITCHERY AMONG THE SUKUMA, KONGO AND YORUBA -- CHAPTER NINE FACTORS OF CONTINUITY AND CHANGE -- APPENDIX NOTES ON NATURAL CAUSATION OF DISEASE -- REFERENCES -- INDEX. |
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