When1: 1937
When2: 1981
Who: Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard [Evans-Pritchard, Edward Evan]
What: anthropologist
Where: England
works\ Witchcraft, Magic, and Oracles among the Azande [1937]; Nuer: A Description of the Modes of Livelihood and Political Institutions of a Nilotic People [1940]; Sanusi of Cyrenaica [1949]; Kinship and Marriage among the Nuer [1951]; Social Anthropology [1951]; Nuer Religion [1956]; Essays in Social Anthropology [1962]; Theories of Primitive Religion [1965]; History of Anthropological Thought [1981]
Detail: He lived 1902 to 1973, studied African peoples, and criticized grandiose theories.
All peoples use symbols, analogy, and metaphor. Society's rituals and beliefs explain many society aspects. Supernatural powers {spirits, Evans-Pritchard} form hierarchies and families.
People have souls, and ghosts can leave bodies and return. Souls are not spirits.
People can believe that all ills are their fault, and they must atone. Sacrifice is to atone to a god for transgression and is typically private. Public sacrifices are for weddings and funerals.
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