Priests, Witches and Power

This book explains how Christianity came to have widespread acceptance in Eastern Africa. By studying the Catholic practices of a rural community in Tanzania, Maia Green provides an anthropological account of what Catholics actually do in Eastern Africa, and hence what underlies Western assumptions of 'conversion'. This book allows us to rethink what is entailed by large-scale shifts in religious affiliation, and is virtually the only ethnographic account of contemporary Catholic...
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This book explains how Christianity came to have widespread acceptance in Eastern Africa. By studying the Catholic practices of a rural community in Tanzania, Maia Green provides an anthropological account of what Catholics actually do in Eastern Africa, and hence what underlies Western assumptions of 'conversion'. This book allows us to rethink what is entailed by large-scale shifts in religious affiliation, and is virtually the only ethnographic account of contemporary Catholic practice in East Africa. It engages with current debates in anthropology about gender, symbolism and religion.