Comparing Religions: A Limitative Approach. An Analysis of Akan, Para-Creole, and Ifo-Sananda Rites and Prayers.

Language: English

Published by The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1981

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XIV, 350 p. Der Einband ist leicht berieben, die Seiten sind papierbedingt leicht nachgedunkelt, ansonsten ein sehr gutes und sauberes Exemplar ohne Anstreichungen. / The binding is slightly rubbed, the pages are slightly darkened due to the paper, otherwise a very good and clean copy without markings. -- Contents -- Preface -- PART ONE: METHODOLOGY: -- FROM UNLIMITED TO LIMITATIVE COMPARISON -- 1. OBJECTIVE INTENTION AND SUBJECTIVE INVOLVEMENT -- 1.1 The Extent of Comparison -- 1.2 Objectivity -- 1.3 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods -- 1.4 Subjective Involvement in the Study of Religions -- 1.5 The Limited Reliability of the Unlimited Comparative Study of Religions -- 1.6 Three Modes of Empirical Study of Religions -- 1.7 Disadvantages and Advantages of a Limitative Approach to the Comparative Study of Religions -- 1.8 Conclusion -- 2. A LIMITATIVE APPROACH TO THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGIONS ITS GENESIS AND TOOLS -- 2.1 A Biographical Outline -- 2.2 Towards a Theory of Religion' -- 2.2.1 .? Evans-Pritchard -- 2.2.2 R. Horton, J. Goody, M. Spiro -- 2.2.3 .? de Waal-Malefijt -- 2.2.4 J. van Baal, Th. P. van Baaren, D.J. Hoens -- 2.3 A. Theory of 'Religion' -- 2.3.1 Two Preliminary Remarks -- 2.3.2 A Definition of 'Religion' and of a Religion -- 2.4 The Tools -- 2.4.1 'Field', 'Process', Context' -- 2.4.2 Their Refinement -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks -- PART TWO: THE LIMITATIVE METHOD APPLIED: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOME AKAN, PARA AND IFO-SANANDA RITES -- 3. THE WIDER SETTINGS OF THE THREE RITES -- 3.1 The Asante, Their Society and Religion -- 3.1.1 The Asante -- 3.1.2 Their Traditional Economy -- 3.1.3 Their Traditional Social and Political Organisation -- 3.1.4 Their Traditional Religion -- 3.1.4.1 God: Nyame -- 3.1.4.2 The Gods: Abosom -- 3.1.4.3 The Ancestors: Nsamanfo -- 3.1.4.4 Man: Onipa -- 3.1.4.5 Animals and Plants -- 3.1.4.6 Suman -- 3.1.4.7 Witchcraft: Bayi -- 3.2 The Para-Creoles, Their Society and Religion -- 3.2.1 The Creoles of the Para District -- 3.2.2 Their Economy -- 3.2.3 Sranantongo -- 3.2.4 Their Traditional Social Structure -- 3.2.5 Their Traditional Religion -- 3.2.5.1 God: Anana -- 3.2.5.2 The Gods: Winti -- 3.2.5.3 The Ancestors: Profen, Kabra, Jorka -- 3.2.5.4 Man -- 3.2.5.5 A Model of Para Traditional Religion -- 3.3 The IFO-Sananda Religion -- 3.3.1 The Setting of the IFO-Sananda Religion -- 3.3.2 The Founders -- 3.3.3 The Tenets of the IFO-Sananda Religion -- 4. THE AUTHORS -- 4.1 'Captain' R.S. Rattray (1881-1938) -- 4.1.1 Biographical Data -- 4.1.2 Rattray's ethnographical merits: an evaluation -- 4.2 C.J. Wooding -- 4.2.1 Biographical Data -- 4.2.2 An evaluation of Wooding as an ethnographer -- 4.2.3 Wooding as a historian of Para-Creole Culture and Religion -- 4.3 Festinger, Riecken and Schachter -- 4.3.1 Biographical Data and Publications -- 4.3.2 A 'Collaborative Work'? -- 4.3.3 The Theory of Cognitive Dissonance -- 4.3.4 The Research on the IFO-Sananda 'Dooms Day' Believers -- 5. AN AKAN RITUAL PROCESS: THE NKYI-DWO RITE OF 1921 AT ASUMEGYA -- 5.1 The Field-analysis -- 5.1.1 The Believers -- 5.1.2 The Meta-empirical Beings -- 5.1.3 The Fields -- 5.1.4 The Roles Ruling these Fields -- 5.1.5 The 'Social Distance -- 5.2 The Process-analysis -- 5.2.1 The Place of the Process -- 5.2.2 The Time of the Process -- 5.2.3 The Initiative to the Process -- 5.2.4 The Response to the Initiative -- 5.2.5 The Messages Sent -- 5.2.5.1 Their Contents -- 5.2.5.2 Their Form -- 5.2.5.3 The Symbols Used -- 5.2.6 The Function of the Messages Sent in the Communication Process -- 5.2.7 The Diachronic Flow of the Communication Process -- 5.2.8 The Conclusion to the Process of Communication -- 5.3 The Context-analysis -- 5.3.1 The Place of the Nkyi-Dwo Rite in the Local and National Religion of that Time -- 5.3.2 The Nkyi-Dwo Rite and Akan Society -- 5.3.3 The Religious and Social Function of the Nkyi-Dwo Rite -- 5.3.4 The Origin of the Nkyi-Dwo Rite -- 5.3.5 The Influence of Context Factors upon this Rite -- 6.…

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Title
Comparing Religions: A Limitative Approach. An Analysis of Akan, Para-Creole, and Ifo-Sananda Rites and Prayers.
Author
Platvoet, Johannes Gerhardus:
Publisher
The Hague: Mouton Publishers
Publication year
1981
Condition
Sehr gut
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Dust Jacket Included
Binding
Paperback.
Language
English
Item weight
250 grams
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