About this title: This is the first major study of the Nuer based on primary research since Evans-Pritchard's classic Nuer Religion. It is also the first full-length historical study of indigenous African prophets operating outside the context of the world's main religions, and as such builds on Evans-Prichard's pioneering work in promoting collaboration and dialogue between the disciplines of anthropology and history. Prophets first emerged as significant figures among the Nuer in the nineteenth century. They fashioned the religious idiom of prophecy from a range of spiritual ideas, and enunciated the ...
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Description: A history of prophecy from the Upper Nile in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Clarendon, 1997. (xx, 407 p., b/w photogrs., bibl., ind. ); paper. Excellent. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780198233671ISBN:0198233671
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 234x156 mm. This book is printed on demand. (allow 1-2 weeks for printing) (428) nuer prophets is the first major work on the nuer since the classic books by e. e. evans-pritchard in the middle of this century, which made them one of the most-studied peoples in the world. it is also the first full-length historical study of indigenous african prophets operating outside the context of the world's main religions, and as such builds on evans-prichard's pioneering work in ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN-13:9780198233671ISBN:0198233671
Description: Good. 0198233671 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
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