'The articles in this book make valuable contributions to the literature of African religious experience. The majority of the pieces are based on research conducted in the last 10 to 15 years, and are therefore positioned to document changes taking place across the continent as possession beliefs and practices respond to new circumstances and address the shifting local implications of an increasingly global socio-economy. Gender, ethnicity, and class are rightly presented as intersecting forces and features of spirit phenomena. The case studies presented are richly contextualized: history, social organization and upheaval, alternative religious options where applicable - all are considered relevant to an understanding of possession forms.' - Janice Boddy, University of Toronto
Uganda: Fountain Publishers
- ISBN10 0852552599
- ISBN13 9780852552599
- Publish Date 16 December 1999
- Publish Status Inactive
- Out of Print 19 October 2003
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint James Currey
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English