Author: Monica Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429895429
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Originally published in 1959, this book includes detailed accounts of Nyakyusa traditions of origin, osmology and moral values, often in direct quotations from informants, while part of the book is devoted to a description of Christian missions, the growth of African churches and the conflict between pagan and Christian ethics and practices. The analysis of the effects of cchanges in the social and economic structure on the one hand, and religious beliefs and practices on the other, makes this a study of enduring relevance.
Communal Rituals of the Nyakyusa
Author: Monica Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429895429
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Originally published in 1959, this book includes detailed accounts of Nyakyusa traditions of origin, osmology and moral values, often in direct quotations from informants, while part of the book is devoted to a description of Christian missions, the growth of African churches and the conflict between pagan and Christian ethics and practices. The analysis of the effects of cchanges in the social and economic structure on the one hand, and religious beliefs and practices on the other, makes this a study of enduring relevance.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429895429
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 299
Book Description
Originally published in 1959, this book includes detailed accounts of Nyakyusa traditions of origin, osmology and moral values, often in direct quotations from informants, while part of the book is devoted to a description of Christian missions, the growth of African churches and the conflict between pagan and Christian ethics and practices. The analysis of the effects of cchanges in the social and economic structure on the one hand, and religious beliefs and practices on the other, makes this a study of enduring relevance.
Communal Rituals of the Nyakyusa. [With Plates, Tables and Maps.].
Author: afterwards WILSON HUNTER (Monica)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Communal Rituals of the Nyakyusa [by] Monica Wilson
Author: Monica Hunter Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nyakyusa (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nyakyusa (African people)
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Rituals of Kinship Among the Nyakyusa
Author: Monica Wilson
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429895399
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Originally published in 1957, analyses the rituals celebrated by groups of kinsmen on the occasion of births, marriages and deaths within the age villages of the Nyakyusa. the connection between the form of the rituals and the kinship structure is examined. The symbolism of the rituals throws great light on the psychological reactions of this African people to death and birth, sin and misfortune, expiation and reconciliation.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429895399
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Originally published in 1957, analyses the rituals celebrated by groups of kinsmen on the occasion of births, marriages and deaths within the age villages of the Nyakyusa. the connection between the form of the rituals and the kinship structure is examined. The symbolism of the rituals throws great light on the psychological reactions of this African people to death and birth, sin and misfortune, expiation and reconciliation.
Nyakyusa Ritual and Symbolism
Author:
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher: Ardent Media
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Rituals of Kinship Among the Nyakyusa
Author: Monica Hunter Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kinship
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kinship
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Rituals of Kinship Among the Nyakyusa
Author: afterwards WILSON HUNTER (Monica)
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kinship
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Kinship
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Rituals of Kingship Among the Nyakyusa
Author: Monica Hunter Wilson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Shades and Symbols
Author: Alexis Christina MacKenzie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
Contemporary Christian Responses to Nyakyusa Rituals
Author: Kenani Abraham Njela Mwasomola
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Christianity and other religions
Languages : en
Pages : 291
Book Description