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Nuer Prophets: A History of Prophecy from the Upper Nile in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology)
Nuer Prophets A History of Prophecy from the Upper Nile in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries - Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Author:Douglas Hamilton Johnson This is the first major study of the Nuer based on primary research since Evans-Pritchard's classic Nuer Religion. It is also the first full-length historical study of indigenous African prophets operating outside the context of the world's main religions, and as such builds on Evans-Pritchard's pioneering work in promoting collaboration and dia... more »logue between the disciplines of anthropology and history.« less