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Priests, witches and power : popular Christianity after mission in Southern Tanzania / Maia Green.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 110.Publication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 180 pages) : mapsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0511066007
  • 9780511066009
  • 0511068131
  • 9780511068133
  • 0521621895
  • 9780521621892
  • 0511178735
  • 9780511178733
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Priests, witches and power.DDC classification:
  • 306.6/8267825 22
LOC classification:
  • BX1682.T35 G74 2003eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Preface; 1 Global Christianity and the structure of power; 2 Colonial conquest and the consolidation of marginality; 3 Evangelisation in Ulanga; 4 The persistence of mission; 5 Popular Christianity; 6 Kinshipand the creation of relationship; 7 Engendering power; 8 Women's work; 9 Witchcraft suppression practices and movements; 10 Matters of substance; Notes; References; Index.
Summary: In this book, Maia Green explores contemporary Catholic practice in a rural community of Southern Tanzania, and discusses how Christianity has come to have widespread acceptance in Southern Tanzania in the historical context of colonial mission. It will appeal to scholars and students of anthropology, sociology and African Studies.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - EBSCO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (ebsco)120312

Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-167) and index.

Print version record.

Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Preface; 1 Global Christianity and the structure of power; 2 Colonial conquest and the consolidation of marginality; 3 Evangelisation in Ulanga; 4 The persistence of mission; 5 Popular Christianity; 6 Kinshipand the creation of relationship; 7 Engendering power; 8 Women's work; 9 Witchcraft suppression practices and movements; 10 Matters of substance; Notes; References; Index.

In this book, Maia Green explores contemporary Catholic practice in a rural community of Southern Tanzania, and discusses how Christianity has come to have widespread acceptance in Southern Tanzania in the historical context of colonial mission. It will appeal to scholars and students of anthropology, sociology and African Studies.