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Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe

Health and Wellbeing

  • Hardback
  • 180 pages
  • Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Group
  • 15.6 x 23.4 x 1.2 cm

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For those curious about African religions and healing.

Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe explains beliefs.

You gain insights into health and faith in your life.

Discover the rich traditions of the Karanga people in Zimbabwe and how their beliefs about health and healing shape their unique religious practices.

Tabona Shoko contends that religion and healing are intricately intertwined in African religions. This book on the religion of the Karanga people of Zimbabwe sheds light on important methodological issues relevant to research in the study of African religions. Analysing the traditional Karanga views of the causes of illness and disease, mechanisms of diagnosis at their disposal and the methods they use to restore health, Shoko discusses the views of a specific African Independent Church of the Apostolic tradition. The conclusion Shoko reaches about the central religious concerns of the Karanga people is derived from detailed field research consisting of interviews and participant observation. This book testifies that the centrality of health and well-being is not only confined to traditional religion but reflects its adaptive potential in new religious systems manifest in the phenomenon of Independent Churches. Rather than succumbing to the folly of static generalizations, Tabona Shoko offers important insights into a particular society upon which theories can be reassessed, adding new dimensions to modern features of the religious scene in Africa.

  • Title

    Karanga Indigenous Religion in Zimbabwe

  • Author

    Tabona Shoko

  • Book Format

    Hardback

  • Publisher

    Ashgate Publishing Group

  • Published

    July 2007

  • Edition

    New edition

  • Weight

    423g

  • Page Count

    180

  • Dimensions

    15.6 x 23.4 x 1.2 cm

  • ISBN

    9780754658818

  • ISBN-10

    0754658813

  • Eden Code

    1193511

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