Savage systems
colonialism and comparative religion in southern Africa
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Author
Publication
1996 - University Press of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
Language
English
Word Count
81,000 words, Guess
Page Count
324 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL975826M
- ISBN-10081391664X
- OCLC Control Number34513816
- OCLC Control Number44957785
- OCLC Control Numbersavagesystemscol0000chid
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number96012909
- Goodreads773611
- LibraryThing608526
Classifications
- DDC291/.0968
- LCCBL2463 .C45 1996
Description
Savage Systems examines the emergence of the concepts of "religion" and "religions" on colonial frontiers. The book offers a detailed analysis of the ways in which European travelers, missionaries, settlers, and government agents, as well as indigenous Africans, engaged in the comparison of alternative religious ways of life as one dimension of intercultural contact. Focusing primarily on nineteenth-century frontier relations, David Chidester demonstrates that the terms and conditions for comparison - including a discourse about "otherness" - that were established during this period still remain.
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Series Statement
- Studies in religion and culture
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