Lugbara Religion
Ritual and Authority Among an East African People
Published on 1. January 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
288 pages
978-0-85255-284-1 (ISBN)
Description
With a new introduction by Thomas Beidelman
This series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts reproduced are significant yet often neglected, and have stood the test of time.
John Middleton's classic study on the Lugbara was originally published in 1960. New edition published in association with the International African Institute
North America: Transaction Books; Germany: Lit Verlag
This series of Classics in African Anthropology is primarily drawn from a distinct family of texts which dominated the academic analysis of society in mid-20th century Africa. The texts reproduced are significant yet often neglected, and have stood the test of time.
John Middleton's classic study on the Lugbara was originally published in 1960. New edition published in association with the International African Institute
North America: Transaction Books; Germany: Lit Verlag
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
456 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85255-284-1 (9780852552841)
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Content
New introduction, Thomas Beidelman. Part 1 Lugbara society -structure and authority: the people and their country; land and settlement; clan, lineage and section; the family cluster and the elder; authority, respect and sin. Part 2 The cult of the dead -ancestors and ghosts: the living and the dead; the nature of man; ancestors and ghosts; ghost invocation; the range of invocation; ghostly vengeance; ghost shrines; ancestral shrines; women's shrines; matrilineal shrines; external lineage shrines; fertility shrines; shrines and status. Part 3 The cult of the dead -sacrifice and purification: sickness and oracles; sin and sacrifice; consecration; the rite of sacrifice; sacrificial animals; rites of purification; communion. Part 4 The field of ritual action: ritual and the lineage - the actors; ritual and the lineage - the cases; ritual and the exercise of authority. Part 5 The moral community: myth and the field of social relations; witchcraft, sorcery and divination; the power of god; prophets and the "Yakan" cult; change and the social order.