Religious Conversion: An African Perspective

Description

This collection of mostly already published texts on conversion in Africa is intended primarily for students of anthropology and the history of religion.  It discusses the Horton thesis that religious change results from social transformation and includes chapters by Robin Horton, Humphrey Fisher and Richard Gray. It also has chapters on Zambia by Elizabeth Colson, W Van Binsbergen, Austin Cheyeka and Felix Phiri.