Divinity and Experience - The Religion of the Dinka

Zusatztext 'The monograph reflects a profound understanding of the ways in which individual and collective experience merge in the drama of spiritual rebirth ... At long last the Clarendon Press has made this masterpiece more accessible and affordable to undergraduates and graduates in programs of anthropological study.'Anthropos Klappentext Originally published in 1961! this study of the religion of Southern Sudan's Dinka people is now considered a minor classic of social anthropology. Lienhardt examines the complex meanings of divine imagery and relates these to the Dinkas' experience of life and death. From the role of priests to the translation of hymns! prayers! and myths! Lienhardt provides an unparalleled analysis and interpretation of this people and their religion. Zusammenfassung Describes the various divinities of the Dinka, with their complex range of meaning and imagery, and related to the Dinka's own experience of the conditions of life and death. Translations of hymns, prayers, and myths are also provided, which serve as an introduction to the thought and beliefs of the Dinka for those interested in religion. Inhaltsverzeichnis Division in the World; Divine Unity and Multiplicity - Free-Divinities; Divine Unity and Multiplicity - Clan-Divinities; Divinity and Experience; The Myths of the Spear-Masters; The Control of Experience - Invocation and Prayer; The Control of Experience - Symbolic Action; Burial Alive

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• Authors: Godfrey Lienhardt, Godfrey (Former Reader in Social Anthro Lienhardt, R. G. Lienhardt, Lienhardt Godfrey
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.1987
• EAN: 9780198234050
• ISBN: 978-0-19-823405-0
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous; Sudan, Ethnic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs, Tribal religions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies, RELIGION / Folk & Tribal, Ethnic studies / Ethnicity