Religious change in Zambia : exploratory studies / Wim M.J. van Binsbergen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Binsbergen, Wim M. J. van.

Series:

Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden.

Monographs from the African Studies Centre, Leiden

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zambia--Religion.

Zambia.

Zambia--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (447 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; Boston : Kegan Paul International, 1981.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Published in 1981, Religious Change in Zambia is a valuable contribution to the field of Middle East Studies.

Contents:

Religious change in Zambia Exploratory studies; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Preface and acknowledgments; Chapter 1 Introduction: Towards a theory of religious change in Central Africa1; The background of the present studies; Possible anthropological contributions to the study of Central African religious change; Evolving models of Central African religion and religious change; Towards a Marxist theory of Central African religious change; Conclusion; Chapter 2Possession and mediumship in Zambia: towards a comparative approach; Introduction

Religion and society: some theoretical considerationsPreliminaries to a comparative approach to Zambian possession and mediumship; Conclusion; Chapter 3Explorations in the history and sociology of territorial cults in Zambia; The territorial cult in the Zambian context; Shrines, ecology and the community; Chiefs and shrines in Zambia's history; Conclusion; Chapter 4Religious change and the problem of evil in western Zambia; Introduction; Dominant aspects of village religion in the nineteenth century; Descriptive overview of modern religious innovations

Themes of religious change: towards an interpretative synthesisThe overall process of religious change; Conclusion; Chapter 5Regional and non-regional cults of affliction in western Zambia; Introduction; Non-regional cults of affliction; Regional cults of affliction in western Zambia: general characteristics; The development of Nzila and Bituma as regional cults; Conclusion; Chapter 6 Ritual, class and urban-rural relations; Introduction; Local rural society as the referent of ritual symbolism; The Bituma cult in town: what is its referent?; The cultural aspect of urban-rural relations

The dominant orientation in religious studies, and a possible alternativeCulture among an urban ethnic minority; The argument extended to the rural areas; The historical dimension; Conclusion; Chapter 7 Cults of affliction in town, and the articulation of modes of production; Introduction; Bituma as a cult of affliction and as an urban cult; Interpretation: (a) Current non-Marxist approaches; Interpretation: (b) Marxist approaches; Conclusion; Chapter 8 Religious innovation and political conflict in Zambia: the Lumpa rising; The Lumpa problem; The background of religious innovation in Zambia

Lumpa and its development in rural north-east ZambiaReligion and the state in modern Zambia: the problem of legitimation; Conclusion; Postscript; Notes; Bibliography; Archival materials consulted; Notes to plates; Author index; Subject index

Notes:

First published in 1979 by In de Knipscheer, Kegan Paul.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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ISBN:

1-136-13474-3

0-203-03763-4

1-283-84100-2

1-136-13466-2

9780203037638

OCLC:

819635921