Spirits of Protest - Spirit Mediums Articulation of Consensus Among Zezuru of Southern

Klappentext In this study! Peter Fry describes and analyses spirit-mediumship amongst a community of Zezuru people living near Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Zusammenfassung In this study! Peter Fry describes and analyses spirit-mediumship amongst a community of Zezuru people living near Salisbury in Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe). Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; Conventions; Introduction; 1. The secular background; 2. Magico-religious beliefs - the moral significance of explanation; 3. The sociology of spirit-mediumship; 4. Zezaru flexibility and Korekore rigidity; 5. Spirit-mediums in ritual action; 6. Spirit-mediums and missionaries; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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• Authors: Peter Fry, Peter (Universidade Estadual De Campinas Fry
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.09.2007
• EAN: 9780521040754
• ISBN: 978-0-521-04075-4
• No. of pages: 156
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Social an
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous