Divine rulers in a secular state

Divine rulers in a secular state

The divine kingship and chiefship of the Asante people of central Ghana have been undergoing a shift towards secularization since the start of the colonial era. Timo Kallinen maintains that a close examination of this transformation provides us with a better understanding of secularization processes...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Kallinen, Timo, author (author)
Format: eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Helsinki : Finnish Literature Society / SKS 2016.
Series:Studia Fennica. Anthropologica ; 3.
Subjects:
Ashanti (African people) > History > 19th century.
Ashanti (African people) > Kings and rulers > 19th century.
Ethnology > Ghana.
Ethnohistory > Ghana.
Secularism.
Ghana > Kings and rulers.
Ghana > Colonial influence.
Ashanti (Kingdom) > Colonial influence.
See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009427897206719
Table of Contents:
  • I. Divinity an exchange
  • 1. The great ancestors
  • 2. Sacrifice and authority
  • II. Secularization
  • 3. Conversion to citizenship
  • 4. A liberal kingdom?
  • 5. From politics to culture
  • 6. Toward a neoluberal kingdom?
  • III. Problems of puriification
  • 7. Witchcraft as the residue of religion
  • 8. Gods and Coup D'Etats.

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