Bwiti : an ethnography of the religious imagination in Africa / James W. Fernandez ; drawings by Renate Lellep Fernandez.

Author
Fernandez, James W. [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1982.
Description
xxiv, 731 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

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    Summary note
    Presents a the background of the religion, including European contacts, missionary efforts and effects, and the evolving nature of Fang cultural elements.
    Notes
    Includes index.
    Bibliographic references
    Bibliography: p. [661]-674.
    Contents
    • PART 1: THE ROAD: 1. Narratives of Fang-European contacts, 1840-1910.
    • 2. Composition of the past.
    • 3. Extensions into social space and time.
    • 4. Fang incorporated in built space.
    • 5. Resource distribution and social reciprocities.
    • 6. The relations between the sexes.
    • 7. Authority and benevolence in the life cycle.
    • 8. Coming into manhood.
    • 9. The occult search for capacity.
    • PART 2: INTERPRETATIONS: 10. Ritual at work in two old Fang cults [initiation].
    • 11. Reinterpretation of mission.
    • PART 3: A PLEASURE DOME: 12. Administered morality and moral movement to a fuller self.
    • 13. The origin and re-creation of gods and men.
    • 14. The dynamics of Bwiti in space and time.
    • 15. The Bwiti chapel: architectonics.
    • 16. The corporation of angels.
    • 17. The path of birth and death: the benevolence in the liturgical cycle.
    • 18. Equatorial excursions: the quest for revitalizing dreams and visions.
    • 19, The world in Bwiti.
    • 20. The pleasure dome emergent.
    ISBN
    • 0691093903
    • 9780691093901
    • 0691101221 ((lim. print. ed.))
    • 9780691101224 ((lim. print. ed.))
    LCCN
    81047125
    OCLC
    7554727
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