Savage Systems : Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa

Chidester, David

Published by University Press of Virginia (1996), Charlottesville [VA], 1996

About this Item

xviii,324 pp, 23x15cm, Contents: Frontiers of Compassion: Study of Religion, Science of Contact; The Absence of Religion; From Denial to Discovery; Frontiers; Comparisons; Inventing Religion: Callers at the Cape; Children of Abraham; Permanent Children; Hottentot rReligion; The Religion of Unbelievers: The Anchor; Missionary Theories of Religion; Settler Theories of Religion; Religious System; The Religion of Unbelievers; The Unknown God: Zulu Religion; John William Colenso; Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek; Henry Callaway; The Unknown God; Sacred Animals: Further Denials; Satanic Comparative Religion;Animal Emblems; Sacred Animals; Beyond the Frontier: Laughter & Pain; Comparative Strategies; The Unanchored Mentality; New Frontiers.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Savage Systems : Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa
• Publisher: University Press of Virginia (1996), Charlottesville [VA]
• Publication Date: 1996
• Binding: orig. cloth
• Illustrator: Textual photo illustrations
• Condition: Minor rubbing. VG.
• Seller catalogs:
  • African Colonial History