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Invisible Agents shows how personal and deeply felt spiritual beliefs can inspire social movements and influence historical change. Conventional historiography concentrates on the secular, materialist, or moral sources of political agency. Instead, David M. Gordon argues, when people perceive spirits as exerting power in the visible world, these beliefs form the basis for individual and collective actions. Focusing on the history of the south-central African country of Zambia during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, his analysis invites reflection on political and religious

Bemba (African people) --- Religion and politics --- Christianity and culture --- Awemba (African people) --- Babemba (African people) --- Bemba (African tribe) --- Wawemba (African people) --- Bantu-speaking peoples --- Ethnology --- Political science --- Politics, Practical --- Politics and religion --- Religion --- Religions --- Contextualization (Christian theology) --- Culture and Christianity --- Inculturation (Christian theology) --- Indigenization (Christian theology) --- Culture --- Religion. --- History. --- Religious aspects --- Political aspects --- Lumpa Church --- United National Independence Party (Zambia) --- Lumpa Visible Salvation Church --- Visible Salvation Church --- United National Independence Party (Northern Rhodesia) --- UNIP --- Zambia --- Sambia --- GRZ --- Government of the Republic of Zambia --- Republic of Zambia --- Zambië --- Republiek van Zambië --- Zambiya --- Замбія --- Zambii︠a︡ --- Рэспубліка Замбія --- Rėspublika Zambii︠a︡ --- Zambija --- Republika Zambija --- Замбия --- Република Замбия --- Republika Zambii︠a︡ --- Zambijská republika --- Gweriniaeth Zambia --- Republik Sambia --- Sambia Vabariik --- Ζάμπια --- Zampia --- Δημοκρατία της Ζάμπιας --- Dēmokratia tēs Zampias --- República de Zambia --- Zambio --- Zambia Respubliko --- Zambiako Errepublika --- République de Zambie --- An tSaimbia --- Poblacht na Saimbia --- Saimbia --- Yn Tambia --- Pobblaght ny Sambia --- Poblachd Shaimbia --- Tsan-pí-â --- Republica iti Zambia --- Republik Zambia --- Repubblica dello Zambia --- Republika ning Zambia --- Zambi --- Sambi --- Jamhuri ya Zambia --- Repubilika ya Zambia --- Zanbi --- Zambijas republika --- Zambijos Respublika --- Republiki ya Zambia --- Zambiai Köztársaság --- Замбија --- Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh Zambi Uls --- Tlācatlahtohcāyōtl Zambia --- ザンビア --- Zanbia --- Republikken Zambia --- Zambiya Respublikasi --- Republika Zambii --- República da Zâmbia --- Republica Zambia --- Республика Замбия --- Saambiya --- Sambian tasavalta --- Republiken Zambia --- Republika ng Zambia --- Zambiya Cumhuriyeti --- Saambi --- Republik bu Saambi --- 赞比亚 --- Zanbiya --- Northern Rhodesia --- Politics and government --- History --- Autonomy and independence movements --- Religious aspects.