African Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation : From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans.
Westerlund, David.
African Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation : From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages)
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.
9789047407690
Diseases -- Religious aspects.
Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Religion.
Electronic books.
BL2462.5 -- .W37 2006eb
299.6/11661
African Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation : From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (248 pages)
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.
9789047407690
Diseases -- Religious aspects.
Diseases -- Causes and theories of causation.
Africa, Sub-Saharan -- Religion.
Electronic books.
BL2462.5 -- .W37 2006eb
299.6/11661