Author: M. M. Charles Jedrej
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004089365
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This book explores dream discourse in the negotiation of specialist identity among Zezuru (Zimbabwe), Temne (Sierra Leone), Igbo (Nigeria) and Tukolor (Senegal); in everyday life among Berti (Sudan), Yansi (Zaire) and Ingessana (Sudan); and in the construction of Christian experience in nineteenth-century Yoruba history (Nigeria) and in independent African churches.
Dreaming, Religion, and Society in Africa
Author: M. M. Charles Jedrej
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004089365
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This book explores dream discourse in the negotiation of specialist identity among Zezuru (Zimbabwe), Temne (Sierra Leone), Igbo (Nigeria) and Tukolor (Senegal); in everyday life among Berti (Sudan), Yansi (Zaire) and Ingessana (Sudan); and in the construction of Christian experience in nineteenth-century Yoruba history (Nigeria) and in independent African churches.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004089365
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
This book explores dream discourse in the negotiation of specialist identity among Zezuru (Zimbabwe), Temne (Sierra Leone), Igbo (Nigeria) and Tukolor (Senegal); in everyday life among Berti (Sudan), Yansi (Zaire) and Ingessana (Sudan); and in the construction of Christian experience in nineteenth-century Yoruba history (Nigeria) and in independent African churches.
Dreaming, Religion and Society in Africa
Author: M.C. Jedrej
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004665846
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
The contributors to this investigation of dreaming in a diversity of African cultures and settings have each approached the matter with a respect for an indigenous discourse which does not necessarily subscribe to Western evaluations of the objective and subjective. The matter of dreaming is not so much a psychological constant as ultimately sociological and historical. Dream discourse as a strategy deploys contingencies in the elaboration of social relationships and the defence, restoration and promotion of identities. Dreaming is therefore prominent in such critical settings as sickness and healing, artistic inspiration and craftwork, election to religious office, conversion to Islam or Christianity.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004665846
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 203
Book Description
The contributors to this investigation of dreaming in a diversity of African cultures and settings have each approached the matter with a respect for an indigenous discourse which does not necessarily subscribe to Western evaluations of the objective and subjective. The matter of dreaming is not so much a psychological constant as ultimately sociological and historical. Dream discourse as a strategy deploys contingencies in the elaboration of social relationships and the defence, restoration and promotion of identities. Dreaming is therefore prominent in such critical settings as sickness and healing, artistic inspiration and craftwork, election to religious office, conversion to Islam or Christianity.
Dream Travelers
Author: R. Lohmann
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403982473
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
In dreams, part of the self seems to wander off to undertake both mundane tasks and marvellous adventures. Anthropologists have found that many peoples take this experience of dreaming at face value, assuming that their spirits literally leave the body to travel, meet other spirits, and acquire valuable knowledge - with dramatic consequence for relationships, social organization, and religions. Dream Travellers is about Melanesian, Aboriginal Australian, and Indonesian peoples who hold this assumption. Several leading anthropologists contribute theoretically and ethnographically rich chapters, showing that attention to these peoples' dream lives deeply enhances our understanding of their cultures and waking lives as well.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1403982473
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 255
Book Description
In dreams, part of the self seems to wander off to undertake both mundane tasks and marvellous adventures. Anthropologists have found that many peoples take this experience of dreaming at face value, assuming that their spirits literally leave the body to travel, meet other spirits, and acquire valuable knowledge - with dramatic consequence for relationships, social organization, and religions. Dream Travellers is about Melanesian, Aboriginal Australian, and Indonesian peoples who hold this assumption. Several leading anthropologists contribute theoretically and ethnographically rich chapters, showing that attention to these peoples' dream lives deeply enhances our understanding of their cultures and waking lives as well.
The New Science of Dreaming: Cultural and theoretical perspectives
Author: Deirdre Barrett
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"In this unique set of books, experts in the field from around the globe gather to show the newest and most exciting research and findings related to the biology and psychology of dreaming. Other research featured here describes the biology or psychology of realistic and bizarre dreams, of symbolic images in dreams, and of how differences in gender and personality affect dreams and dreaming. The newest and most extensive source of information on dreaming in existence, this set gives readers insights into how this new science could lead to innovations in the medical, social, technical, and biotech fields."--PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
"In this unique set of books, experts in the field from around the globe gather to show the newest and most exciting research and findings related to the biology and psychology of dreaming. Other research featured here describes the biology or psychology of realistic and bizarre dreams, of symbolic images in dreams, and of how differences in gender and personality affect dreams and dreaming. The newest and most extensive source of information on dreaming in existence, this set gives readers insights into how this new science could lead to innovations in the medical, social, technical, and biotech fields."--PUBLISHER'S WEBSITE.
Journal of Religion in Africa
Author:
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ISBN:
Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Africa
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
Behind Closed Eyes
Author: Kasia Maria Szpakowska
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book presents a comprehensive study of dreams as they were perceived and interpreted by the Egyptians in the third and second millennia BC, from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
This book presents a comprehensive study of dreams as they were perceived and interpreted by the Egyptians in the third and second millennia BC, from the Old Kingdom to the New Kingdom.
Spiritual Dreaming
Author: Kelly Bulkeley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A sweeping overview of the varieties of spiritual dream experiences that people have reported throughout history from cultures all over the world.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
A sweeping overview of the varieties of spiritual dream experiences that people have reported throughout history from cultures all over the world.
U.S. Imprints on Sub-Saharan Africa
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Africa, Sub-Saharan
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Psychology. Sielkunde
Author:
Publisher:
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Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Psychology
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Paideuma
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ethnology
Languages : en
Pages : 680
Book Description