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Divinity and experience : the religion of the Dinka / by Godfrey Lienhardt.
Penn Museum Library BL2480.D5 L5 1987
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lienhardt, R. G. (R. Godfrey)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dinka (African people)--Religion.
- Dinka (African people).
- Physical Description:
- vi, 328 pages ; 21 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Oxford University Press, 1987.
- Summary:
- Originally published in 1961, this study of the religion of Southern Sudan's Dinka people is now considered a minor classic of social anthropology. Lienhardt examines the complex meanings of divine imagery and relates these to the Dinkas' experience of life and death. From the role of priests to the translation of hymns, prayers, and myths, Lienhardt provides an unparalleled analysis and interpretation of this people and their religion.
- Notes:
- Reprint. Originally published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1961.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 0198234058
- OCLC:
- 16466835
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