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In the aftermath of colonial mission, Christianity has come to have widespread acceptance in Southern Tanzania. In this book, Maia Green explores contemporary Catholic practice in a rural community of Southern Tanzania. Setting the adoption of Christianity and the suppression of witchcraft in a historical context, she suggests that power relations established during the colonial period continue to hold between both popular Christianity and orthodoxy, and local populations and indigenous clergy. Paradoxically, while local practices around the constitution of kinship and personhood remain defiantly free of Christian elements, they inform a popular Christianity experienced as a system of substances and practices. This book offers a challenge to idealist and interpretative accounts of African participation in twentieth-century religious forms, and argues for a politically grounded analysis of historical processes. It will appeal widely to scholars and students of anthropology, sociology and African Studies; particularly those interested in religion and kinship.

266 <678> --- 266.1*49 --- 266.1*49 Missie en Afrikaanse godsdiensten --- Missie en Afrikaanse godsdiensten --- Missies. Evangelisatie. Zending--Tanzania --- Catholic Church --- -History --- -Ulanga District (Tanzania) --- -Church history --- -Religious life and customs --- Christianity --- Power (Social sciences) --- Kinship --- Witchcraft --- Christianisme --- Pouvoir (Sciences sociales) --- Parenté --- Sorcellerie --- Social aspects --- Aspect social --- History --- Ulanga District (Tanzania) --- Ulanga (Tanzania : District) --- Mahenge District (Tanzania) --- Church history --- Religious life and customs. --- Church of Rome --- Roman Catholic Church --- Katholische Kirche --- Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva --- Römisch-Katholische Kirche --- Römische Kirche --- Ecclesia Catholica --- Eglise catholique --- Eglise catholique-romaine --- Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ --- Chiesa cattolica --- Iglesia Católica --- Kościół Katolicki --- Katolicki Kościół --- Kościół Rzymskokatolicki --- Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai --- Katholikē Ekklēsia --- Gereja Katolik --- Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit --- Kanisa Katoliki --- כנסיה הקתולית --- כנסייה הקתולית --- 가톨릭교 --- 천주교 --- Social Sciences --- Anthropology