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

Green, Maia [Verfasser]

Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge University Press, 2003

Birmingham, AL, USA : EBSCO Industries, Inc.

1 Online-Ressource (xiii, 180 pages) : maps

Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; 110

Includes bibliographical references (pages 156-167) and index

0-511-06600-7 ; 978-0-511-06600-9 ; 0-511-06813-1 ; 978-0-511-06813-3 ; 0-521-62189-5

BO 1875

 

Volksfrömmigkeit  Katholische Kirche  Tansania, Süd 

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.