Embodied ancestors: Religious objects, moral actions and well-being in the Cameroon Western Grassfields
In African spirituality, ancestor engagement with the community is always mediated through material objects. This article argues that materiality gives meaning and validity to the ancestral system. Ancestral objects are an embodiment of the ancestors or ancestral meaning-making, which links the visi...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Afrikaans |
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AOSIS
2019-07-01
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| Series: | HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://hts.org.za/index.php/hts/article/view/5174 |