Death and the Invisible Powers The World of Kongo Belief

Name: Death and the Invisible Powers The World of Kongo Belief
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ISBN: 9780253208088

ISBN-10: 0253208084

ISBN-13: 9780253208088

Edition: 1993

Authors: Simon Bockie

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Ograve;The description of Kongo culture is vivid, beautifully clear, and absolutely authentic, as only a native could make it. The marvelous anecdotes are worth any amount of anthropological summary. . . . I donOtilde;t know of anything of its kind that is both as good, ethnographically, and as readable.Oacute; Ntilde;Wyatt MacGaffey Rich in anecdote and firsthand experience, Death and the Invisible Powers is an account of the spiritual life of the Kongo people by a native of Lower Zaire. Setting aside the stereotypes about Kongo beliefs and practices, Simon Bockie reveals a subtle, coherent religious outlook that governs all aspects of Kongo life. Bockie shows that Kongo life is communal,…

Book details

List price: $16.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Publication date: 9/22/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.00" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.550
Language: English



Preface



The Spirituality of a Communal People



The Communal Response to Death and Misfortune



The Concept of Death



God


Epilogue: Kongo Belief in Its Contemporary Setting


Appendix: Kikongo Texts


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index