Religion, morality, and the person : essays on Tallensi religion /
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| Author / Creator: | Fortes, Meyer |
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| Imprint: | Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1987. |
| Description: | xiii, 347 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Essays in social anthropology |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/879928 |
Table of Contents:
- 1. Divination: religious premisses and logical techniques
- 2. Prayer
- 3. Ritual festivals and the ancestors
- 4. Ancestor worship in Africa
- 5. Ritual and office
- 6. Totem and taboo
- 7. Coping with destiny
- 8. Custom and conscience
- 9. The first born
- 10. The concept of the person