The New Religions of Africa

This volume is an important and original collection of firsthand field reports and essays on contemporary African cults and churches. Using comprehensive ethnographic information, this volume focuses on the importance of religion as an agent and symbol of social change in emerging African nations, and the changing roles of gender in African society.

Product details

• Authors: Bennetta Jules-Rosette, Unknown
• Assisted by: Jules-Rosette Bennetta (Editor)
• Publisher: Bloomsbury
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1979
• EAN: 9780893910143
• ISBN: 978-0-89391-014-3
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, PSYCHOLOGY / General, Psychology: Social