West Africa's women of God : Alinesitoué and the Diola prophetic tradition /

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West Africa's Women of God examines the history of direct revelation from Emitai, the Supreme Being, which has been central to the Diola religion from before European colonization to the present day. Robert M. Baum charts the evolution of this movement from its origins as an exclusively male tr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baum, Robert M. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington ; Indianapolis : Indiana University Press, 2015.
Temas:
Diatta, Aline Sitoe.
Diatta, Aline Sitoe
Diola (African people) > Religion.
Women prophets > Senegal.
Prophecy > Political aspects > Senegal.
Prophecy > Social aspects > Senegal.
Diola (Peuple d'Afrique) > Religion.
Prophétesses > Sénégal.
Prophétie > Aspect politique > Sénégal.
Prophétie > Aspect social > Sénégal.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Spirituality > Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Sexuality & Gender Studies.
Diola (African people) > Religion
Prophecy > Social aspects
Women prophets
Senegal
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Prophets, gender, and religious change among the Diola of Senegambia
  • The Diola: an ethnographic introduction
  • Koonjaen, Felupe, and Diola prophets in precolonial Senegambia
  • Women prophets, colonization, and the creation of community shrines of Emitai, 1890-1913
  • Prophetism at the peak of colonial rule, 1914-1939
  • Alinesitoué Diatta and the crisis of the war years, 1939-1944
  • The prophetic teachings of Alinesitoué, her successors, and a contested Diola prophetic tradition.

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