2 establishing powerful, pervasive, and longlasting moods and motivations
8
(4)
3 formulating conceptions of a general order of existence
12
(12)
4 clothing those conceptions with such an aura of factuality that
24
(11)
5 the moods and motivations seem uniquely realistic
35
(5)
III
40
(2)
Notes
42
(1)
Acknowledgements
43
(1)
References
44
(3)
VICTOR W. TURNER
Colour Classification in Ndembu Ritual
47
(25)
Colour classification in African ritual
47
(2)
Colour classification in Ndembu life-crisis ritual
49
(6)
Colour classification in Ngonde life-crisis ritual
55
(2)
Colour classification and the high god in Central Africa
57
(1)
The Ndembu interpretation of the colour triad
58
(6)
White
58
(1)
Red
59
(1)
Black
60
(1)
Commentary on the black symbolism
61
(3)
The white-black contrast
64
(8)
The characteristics of the colours white and red
64
(42)
(a) Whiteness
64
(4)
(b) Redness
68
(2)
White and red as a binary system
70
(2)
Some comparative data
72
(5)
Africa
72
(2)
Malay Peninsula
74
(1)
Australia
74
(1)
North American Indian
75
(1)
The Ancient World
75
(1)
Commentary
76
(1)
The three colours in archaeological literature
77
(2)
The significance of the basic colour triad
79
(4)
Notes
83
(1)
References
83
(2)
MELFORD E. SPIRO
Religion: Problems of Definition and Explanation
85
(38)
Introduction
85
(2)
The problem of definition in religion
87
(9)
A definition of 'religion'
96
(2)
Explanation in social anthropology
98
(3)
The 'truth' of religious beliefs
101
(5)
The practice of religious belief
106
(11)
Needs
107
(1)
Functions
108
(9)
Cognitive
109
(3)
Substantive
112
(2)
Expressive
114
(3)
Causal and functional explanations
117
(4)
Conclusion
121
(2)
Notes
123
(1)
Acknowledgement
124
(1)
References
125
(2)
R.E. BRADBURY
Fathers, Elders, and Ghosts in Edo Religion
127
(26)
The Edo village
129
(1)
Categories of the dead
130
(3)
'Fathers' and 'elders' in the lineage context
133
(6)
'Elders' of the village
139
(14)
References
153
(2)
EDWARD H. WINTER
Territorial Groupings and Religion among the Iraqw
155
(20)
Introduction
155
(2)
The Iraqw
157
(14)
Conclusion
171
(3)
References
174
(1)
Notes on Contributors
175
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