Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Introduction by Jack Goody
- 1 Divination: religious premisses and logical techniques
- 2 Prayer
- 3 Ritual festivals and the ancestors
- 4 Ancestor worship in Africa
- 5 Ritual and office
- 6 Totem and taboo
- 7 Coping with destiny
- 8 Custom and conscience
- 9 The first born
- 10 The concept of the person
- Endpiece: sacrifice among theologians and anthropologists
- Notes
- References
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Introduction by Jack Goody
- 1 Divination: religious premisses and logical techniques
- 2 Prayer
- 3 Ritual festivals and the ancestors
- 4 Ancestor worship in Africa
- 5 Ritual and office
- 6 Totem and taboo
- 7 Coping with destiny
- 8 Custom and conscience
- 9 The first born
- 10 The concept of the person
- Endpiece: sacrifice among theologians and anthropologists
- Notes
- References
- Index
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- Type
- Chapter
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- Religion, Morality and the PersonEssays on Tallensi Religion, pp. 327 - 339Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1987