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Hittade 2 avhandlingar innehållade orden ancestor cult.

  1. 1. The Birth of Religion among the Balanta of Guinea-Bissau

    Författare :Inger Callewaert; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Herbal medicine 3.Modernisation; Divination; Ritual songs; Witchcraft; Ritual; Prophetic movement; Ancestor cult; Anthropology of Religion; Balanta 2.History of Religions; 1.West Africa; Guinea-Bissau; Gender; Theology; Teologi;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis deals with a recent event within the history of religions, the rise and development of a non-Christian prophetic movement named Kiyang-yang within the oral, kinship and ancestor based society of the Balanta in Guinea-Bissau. Kiyang-yang is headed by young women and men under the leadership of a woman prophet. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Att stå på egna ben

    Författare :Bo Friman; Arkeologi; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; central functions; individual; collective; egalitarian; elite; pit-system; long-house; farm; village; manifestation; ancestor cult; possession; social bonds; Malmö; Mellanbyn; Early Iron Age;

    Sammanfattning : The dissertation can be divided into two parts, the first of which is a detailed analysis of three excavations concerning Mellanbyn in southern Malmö. In the second part I study the more general development of society, relating Mellanbyn to the surrounding area as well as to the region as a whole during Late Bronze Age and the Early Iron Age. LÄS MER