The New religions of Africa / [electronic resource] / Bennetta Jules-Rosette, editor.. — Norwood, N.J. : : Ablex Pub. Corp.,, c1979.. — xxii, 248 p. : : ill. ; 24 cm. - Modern sociology.

Includes indexes.

Bibliography: p. 231-240.

Symbols of power and change: an introduction to new perspectives on contemporary African religion / Bennetta Jules-Rosette -- Sande: the public face of a secret society / Carol P. MacCormack -- The social organization of knowledge in Kpelle ritual / Beryl L. Bellman -- The position of women in the Sisala Divination cult / Eugene L. Mendonsa -- Ritual protrait of a Ga medium / Marion Kilson -- Woment in the Harrist movement / Sheila S. Walker -- The women on the beach and the man in the bush: leadership and adepthood in the Twelve Apostles Movement of Ghana / Paul Breidenbach -- Women as ceremonial leaders in an African church: the apostles of John Maranke / Bennetta Jules-Rosetta -- The Masowe Vapostori of Seki / Clive Kileff & Margaret Kileff -- Man and woman in the teachings of the Jamaa movement / Johannes Fabian -- Conversion, life crises, and stability among women in the East African revival / Catherine Robins -- Islam, sex roles, and modernization in Bobo-Dioulasso / Lucy Quimbly -- Conclusions: The Arcadian wish: toward a theory of contemporary African religion / Bennetta Jules-Rosette.



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Cults--Africa.
Godsdiensten.
Godsdienstige bewegingen.
Cultes--Afrique.


Africa--Religion.
Afrique--Religion.

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