Priests, Witches and Power: Popular Christianity after Mission in Southern Tanzania

Maia Green

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511489532

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Priests, Witches and Power

Popular Christianity after Mission in Southern Tanzania

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Contents

Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of maps
pp vi-vi

Preface
pp vii-xiv

1 - Global Christianity and the structure of power
pp 1-13

2 - Colonial conquest and the consolidation of marginality
pp 14-33

3 - Evangelisation in Ulanga
pp 34-45

4 - The persistence of mission
pp 46-59

5 - Popular Christianity
pp 60-74

6 - Kinship and the creation of relationship
pp 75-90

7 - Engendering power
pp 91-106

8 - Women's work
pp 107-119

9 - Witchcraft suppression practices and movements
pp 120-140

10 - Matters of substance
pp 141-144

Notes
pp 145-155

List of references
pp 156-167

Index
pp 168-180

Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology
pp 181-184

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