Nuer Prophets A History of Prophecy from the Upper Nile in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries |
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| Author:
| Johnson, Douglas H. |
| Series title: | Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology - Cultural Forms |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-823367-1 |
| Publication Date: | May 1997 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $156.32AUD $188.95 |
Book Description:
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Nuer Prophets is the first major work on the Nuer since the classic books by E. E. Evans-Pritchard in the middle of this century, which made them one of the most-studied peoples in the world. It is also the first full-length historical study of indigenous African prophets operating outside the context of the world's main religions, and as such builds on Evans-Prichard's pioneering work in bringing together the disciplines of anthropology and history. Douglas H. Johnson describes the...
More DescriptionNuer Prophets is the first major work on the Nuer since the classic books by E. E. Evans-Pritchard in the middle of this century, which made them one of the most-studied peoples in the world. It is also the first full-length historical study of indigenous African prophets operating outside the context of the world's main religions, and as such builds on Evans-Prichard's pioneering work in bringing together the disciplines of anthropology and history. Douglas H. Johnson describes the development of a new idiom of prophecy and examines the role of prophets in maintaining peace between different peoples in the Southern Sudan, and their continuing influence in the Sudanese civil war.