Religion, Morality and the Person: Essays on

Meyer Fortes (1906-1982) was one of the foremost anthropologists of this century, who for many years worked among the Tallensi of northern Ghana. Although he published seminally important monographs on Tallensi family and kinship and on political organization, his work on their religion has hitherto remained confined to disparate journals and edited volumes. This collection brings together in one place his major writings on religion.

Divination: religious premisses and logical techniques
Prayer
Ritual festivals and the ancestors
Ancestor worship in Africa
Ritual and office
Totem and taboo
Coping with destiny
Custom and conscience
The first born
The concept of the person
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Religion, Morality and the Person: Essays on Tallensi Religion

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