{"product_id":"savage-systems-david-chidester-9780813916675","title":"Savage Systems: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSavage Systems\u003c\/i\u003e examines the emergence of the concepts of \"religion\"and \"religions\" on colonial frontiers. The book offers a detailed analysis of the ways in which European travelers, missionaries, settlers, and government agents, as well as indigenous Africans, engaged in the comparison of alternative religious ways of life as one dimension of intercultural contact. Focusing primarily on ninteenth-century frontier relations, David Chidester demonstrates that the terms and conditions for comparison--including a discrouse about \"otherness\" that were established during this period still remains.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA volume in the series Studies in Religion and Culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Chidester\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0813916674\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780813916675\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Virginia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/29\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.20w x 0.91d","brand":"David Chidester","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138421715199,"sku":"9780813916675","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5194e876-a45d-4681-80fd-d618092585d9.jpg?v=1687899577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/savage-systems-david-chidester-9780813916675","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}