Book
Religion, morality, and the person: essays on Tallensi religion
Cambridge University Press • Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] • Published In 1987 • Pages: xiii, 347
By: Fortes, Meyer, Goody, Jack.
Abstract
This book is concerned with the roles of religion and ritual in shaping the moral life of individuals, domestic groups, lineages and clans among the Tallensi of northern Ghana. The focus is on the meanings and moral implications of Tallensi religious beliefs as reflected in actual practices relating to divination, ancestor worship, succession to political offices and clan totem and taboos. In exploring these issues, the author draw on Marcel Mauss to argue that the Tallensi conceive of 'the person' as first and for most a moral being.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2010
- Region
- Africa
- Sub Region
- Western Africa
- Document Type
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2008
- Field Date
- 1934-1937; 1971
- Coverage Date
- 1930-1971
- Coverage Place
- Tongo village, Ghana
- Notes
- Meyer Fortes ; edited and with an introduction by Jack Goody
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-339)
- LCCN
- 87009382
- LCSH
- Tallensi (African people)--Religion