According to the Dinka people of the Southern Sudan, man and his
creator were originally close together. They became separated, like
the earth and sky, when the first man and woman acted with human
independence. Dinka religious practice follows from that
separation. Divinity and Experience, now reissued for the first
time in paperback, has, since its first publication in 1961,
acquired the status of a minor classic of social anthropology. In
the first section, the various divinities of the Dinka are
described with their complex range of meaning and imagery, and
related to the Dinka's own experience of the conditions of life and
death. They may be interpreted, it is suggested, as images arising
out of that experience. The second part discusses the role of the
priests, the `masters of the fishing spear', who interested Fraser
in his study of divine worship. Sacrifices are described and their
meaning analysed, and finally their rites at the death of priests,
some of whom may enter the grave alive, are examined. Translations
of hymns, prayers, and myths are also provided, which serve as a
good introduction to the thought and beliefs of the Dinka for those
interested in religion and its interpretation.
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