Embodied ancestors: Religious objects, moral actions and well-being in the Cameroon Western Grassfields

In African spirituality, ancestor engagement with the community is always mediated through material objects. This article argues that materiality gives meaning and validity to the ancestral system. Ancestral objects are an embodiment of the ancestors or ancestral meaning-making, which links the visi...

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Authors: Alubafi, Mathias F. (Author) ; Kaunda, Chammah J. 1982- (Author)
Tipo de documento: Recurso Electrónico Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Verificar disponibilidade: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Publicado em: 2019
Em: HTS teologiese studies
Ano: 2019, Volume: 75, Número: 1
Outras palavras-chave:B Religião
B Objects
B Meaning-Making
B Corporificação
B Western Grassfields
B Ancestors
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