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Broken symbols and religious innovation in Africa: An evaluation of theories of religious change.
(1982)
The following essay represents a search for heuristically useful theory to understand the forces of religious innovation in an African context. The search progresses by employing a model derived from studies in symbolic ...
Broken symbols and religious innovation in Africa: An evaluation of theories of religious change.
(1982)
The following essay represents a search for heuristically useful theory to understand the forces of religious innovation in an African context. The search progresses by employing a model derived from studies in symbolic ...
A brief description of the social system of the Lugbara.
(1950)
The Lugbara and Madi (properly Ma’di, but I shall keep the traditional spelling) are the most easterly speakers of the Eastern Sudanic group of languages, which stretches from the Lake Chad region to the Nile Valley. They ...
Indigenizing religious names
(1971-12-14)
This is the beginning of a study that the author hopes to pursue more in the near future. It discusses one small but important and controversal aspect in the area of indigenization of the positive religions in the context ...
Indigenizing religious names
(1971-12-14)
This is the beginning of a study that the author hopes to pursue more in the near future. It discusses one small but important and controversal aspect in the area of indigenization of the positive religions in the context ...
On the Nyoro concept of Mahano.
(1960-03-19)
The concept denoted by the Nyoro term mahano is comparable with similar notions found in other cultures. The word is the plural of the noun ihano, which means anything specially strange or marvellous. If a Nyoro wishes to ...
On the Nyoro concept of Mahano.
(1960-03-19)
The concept denoted by the Nyoro term mahano is comparable with similar notions found in other cultures. The word is the plural of the noun ihano, which means anything specially strange or marvellous. If a Nyoro wishes to ...