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Savage systems : colonialism and comparative religion in southern Africa
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Savage systems : colonialism and comparative religion in southern Africa

Author: David Chidester
Publisher: Charlottesville : University Press of Virginia, 1996.
Series: Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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  Read more...
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Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: David Chidester
ISBN: 081391664X 9780813916644 0813916674 9780813916675 1919713018 9781919713014
OCLC Number: 34513816
Description: xviii, 324 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm.
Series Title: Studies in religion and culture (Charlottesville, Va.)
Responsibility: David Chidester.

Abstract:

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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