Spirit Mediumship and Society in Africa

John H. Beattie · John Middleton

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Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology African Studies and Ethnography

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Gathering together under a single cover material from a wide range of African societies, this volume allows similarities and differences to be easily perceived and suggests social correlates of these in terms of age, sex, marital status, social grading and wealth. It includes material on both traditional and modern cults.

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