African indigenous religions and disease causation; from spiritual beings to living humans.9789004144330 African indigenous religions and disease causation causation Relation that holds between two temporally simultaneous or successive events when the first event (the cause) brings about the other (the effect). According to David Hume, when we say of two types of object or event that “X causes Y” (e.g. ; from spiritual beings to living humans. Westerlund, David. Brill Brill or Bril, Flemish painters, brothers. Mattys Brill (mä`tīs), 1550–83, went to Rome early in his career and executed frescoes for Gregory XIII in the Vatican. Academic Publishers 2006 237 pages $99.00 Paperback Studies in religion in Africa Religion in Africa is multifaceted. Most Africans adhere to either Christianity or Islam. Many also practice African traditional religions, often also in traditions of folk religion or syncretism alongside Christianity and Islam. ; v.28 BL2462 This comparative and historical study focuses on religious aspects of disease etiologies among five, systematically selected, African peoples The term African people can be used in two ways. First, it may refer to all people who live in Africa, see also demographics of Africa. Second, it is commonly used to describe people who trace their recent ancestry to indigenous inhabitants of Africa, in particular Sub-Saharan : the San, Maasai, Sukuma, Kongo and Yoruba. Westerlund (history of religions, Sodertorn U. College, Stockholm) highlights the differences between and the plurality The opinion of an appellate court in which more justices join than in any concurring opinion. The excess of votes cast for one candidate over those votes cast for any other candidate. Appellate panels are made up of three or more justices. within the religions and cultures of the selected peoples, as well as their processes of change. Drawing on European mission archives, among other primary sources, Westerlund covers a period of about 100 years, from the late 19th century to the late 20th century, and offers an analysis of the gradual shift in these cultures from an emphasis on spiritual beings to living humans as agents of disease. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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