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Tonga religious life in the twentieth century /
The religious life of the Tonga-speaking peoples of southern Zambia is examined over the last century, in the sense of how they have thought about the nature of their world, the meaning of their own lives, and the sources of good and evil in which their cosmology and society have been transformed. T...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lusaka, Zambia :
Bookworld Publishers,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The religious life of the Tonga-speaking peoples of southern Zambia is examined over the last century, in the sense of how they have thought about the nature of their world, the meaning of their own lives, and the sources of good and evil in which their cosmology and society have been transformed. The twelve chapters cover Time, Space and Language; Basic Themes, Tonga Religious Vocabulary and its Referents; the Vocabulary of Shrines and Substance; Homestead and Bush; Ritual Communities and Actors; Rituals of the Life Course; Death and its Rituals; Evil and Witchcraft; and Christianity and Tong. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-280) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789982240598 9982240595 9982240579 9789982240574 |