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African indigenous religions and disease causation : from spiritual beings to living humans
- Title
- African indigenous religions and disease causation : from spiritual beings to living humans / by David Westerlund.
- Author
- Westerlund, David.
- Publication
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc E 10-1431 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
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Details
- Description
- viii, 237 p.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; v. 28
- Uniform Title
- Studies on religion in Africa ; 28.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
- Contents
- Ethnographic background -- Heavenly beings among the San -- God in Maasai thought -- Sukuma spirits of ancestors -- Kongo spirits or Nkisi -- Yoruba divinities -- Living humans among the San and Maasai -- Witchery among the Sukuma, Kongo and Yoruba -- Factors of continuity and change -- Notes on natural causation of disease.
- Call Number
- JFE 08-6158
- ISBN
- 9004144331 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9789004144330 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2006047581
- OCLC
- 70114658
- Author
- Westerlund, David.
- Title
- African indigenous religions and disease causation : from spiritual beings to living humans / by David Westerlund.
- Imprint
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006.
- Series
- Studies of religion in Africa, 0169-9814 ; v. 28Studies on religion in Africa ; 28.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [217]-233) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 08-6158Sc E 10-1431