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

By: Series: 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:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 0511066007
  • 9780511066009
  • 0511068131
  • 9780511068133
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
Online resources:
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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Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-167) and index.

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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.

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