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Religion and the transformation of society: a study in social change in Africa

By Monica Hunter Wilson

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1971
ISBN
9780521079914, 0521079918
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
34 MB (35511213 bytes)
Series
The Scott Holland Memorial Lectures 1969.
Pages
165\171
Time added
2020-07-13 09:49:44
AfricaAnthropologyanthropology of religionReligionritualSocial Anthropologysymbolismwitchcraft

Description

When previously isolated societies come into contact with the outside world they undergo certain obvious changes. Professor Wilson has long been interested in these changes. She sees, as the most general change going on in society, a change in scale, that is in the number of people interacting and the closeness of their interaction. 1. Change in scale; 2. The shades, medicines, witchcraft and God; 3. Ritual and symbolism; 4. Moralities; 5. Implications for contemporary society: belief and organisation; 6. Implications for contemporary society: ritual and choice; Bibliography; Index.

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