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Translating the Devil: religion and modernity among the Ewe in Ghana

Birgit Meyer c1999 © Edinburgh University Press Ltd
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  • ATLA Special Series
ISBN(s)
  • 9781474471008 (ebook)
  • 9780748613038 (paper)
Subject
  • Religion
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  • Table of Contents

  • Reviews

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  • Frontmatter
  • List of Maps and Tables (page ix)
  • Preface (page xi)
  • List of Abbreviations (page xiii)
  • Introduction (page xvii)
  • 1 Setting the scene: Peki past and present (page 1)
  • 2 The home base of the missionaries (page 28)
  • 3 Vernacularisation (page 54)
  • 4 Diabolisation (page 83)
  • 5 Three churches out of stone (page 112)
  • 6 Doctrines and rituals (page 141)
  • 7 People and spirits (page 175)
  • Epilogue: Modernity, time and the Devil (page 213)
  • Appendix: Population statistics (page 217)
  • Notes (page 218)
  • Glossary (page 238)
  • References (page 241)
  • Index (page 261)
Reviews
Journal AbbreviationLabelURL
JRAI 6.3 (Sept. 2000): 528-529 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=1359-0987%28200009%296%3A3%3C528%3ATTDRAM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-N
CJAS 35.1 (2001): 206-208 http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0008-3968%282001%2935%3A1%3C206%3ATTDRAM%3E2.0.CO%3B2-H
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