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020			_a9789047407690 _q(electronic book)
020			_a9789004144330 _q(print)
024	7		_a10.1163/9789047407690 _2DOI
035			_a(OCoLC)1257380402
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100	1		_aWesterlund, David, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aAfrican Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation : _bFrom Spiritual Beings to Living Humans / _cDavid Westerlund.
246	3		_aFrom Spiritual Beings to Living Humans
264		1	_aLeiden; _aBoston : _bBRILL, _c2006.
300			_a1 online resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _2rdacarrier
490	1		_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495
490	1		_aStudies of Religion in Africa ; _v28
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aThis comparative and historical study focuses on religious aspects of disease etiologies among five, systematically selected, African peoples: the San, Maasai, Sukuma, Kongo and Yoruba. Unlike the homogenizing tendencies of many earlier comparative works by scholars of religion, this book highlights the differences between and the plurality within the religions and cultures of the selected peoples, as well as processes of change. The work covers a period of about 100 years, from the late 19th to the late 20th century, and much of the material used comes from European mission archives. To different degrees among the peoples studied, there has been a gradual shift from an emphasis on spiritual beings such as God and ancestors to living humans like 'witches' as agents of disease. In a theoretically eclective analysis, possible reasons for this shift are discussed.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aDiseases _xCauses and theories of causation.
650		0	_aDiseases _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aMedicine, African Traditional.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _tAfrican Indigenous Religions and Disease Causation : From Spiritual Beings to Living Humans. _dLeiden ; Boston : BRILL, 2006 _z9789004144330 _w(OCoLC)70114658
830		0	_aBrill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495.
830		0	_aStudies of Religion in Africa ; _v28.
856	4		_zDOI: _uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789047407690
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