Handbook to Lothar Kaser's Textbook "Animism - A Cognitive Approach." If we want to understand the animistic cognitive system we must focus particularly on its concept of man. Access to it can only be achieved by proceeding systematically. A basic prerequisite for this is a knowledge of the language spoken by the people whose culture is shaped by such an animistic system of thought. Incidentally acquired knowledge is not enough to give the outsider, whether missionary, teacher, doctor or nurse, the necessary insights for operating effectively within a society governed by an animistic cognitive framework. Why a textbook and a handbook on the same subject? A textbook seeks to address foundational issues and to ask general questions. A handbook on the other hand is concerned to deal with qualitative and quantitative research. This book is the companion volume of Lothar Kaser's textbook on Animism - A Cognitive Approach and provides the interested researcher a tool to guide one's own research into the cognitive aspects of a particular dimension of animism, namely, the concept of man. Robert Badenberg, trained at the Theological Seminary of the Liebenzell Mission. Graduate study at the Columbia International University (M.A.). Doctorate Degree from the University of South Africa (DTh). As author, missionary (he worked in Africa from 1989 to 2003), and mission ethnologist he commands much experience in this field.

This book deals with a subject rarely chosen for study in either Missiology or Anthropology. By combining new research methods from cognitive anthropology with older methods of the culture-and-personality school, it describes and analyzes the life history of an African individual. Thus, it finally draws conclusions of a more missiological character. What Robert Badenberg has successfully brought to light is one important aspect of the dialectic between culture and the individual. His argumentation is consistent and easy to follow. It begins with the general concept of body and sickness. The second part of his writing begins with the quest for healing, focusing on personal and cultural concepts. It ends with missiological conclusions about the individual in his cultural context: communication, conversion, counseling. In his thesis the author is breaking new ground. To missionaries and anthropologists alike the book provides a wealth of information and models to be used in follow-up research. Robert Badenberg, born 1961. 1976-1979 training in Mechanical Engineering. From 1982-1987 theological studies at the Seminary of Liebenzell Mission International. Missionary to Zambia/Southern Africa from 1989 to 2003. 1999 he earned a M.A. in Missiology from the external study center of Columbia International University in Germany with a thesis that investigated Bemba anthropology, a tribal group in the northern part of Zambia. Doctoral Studies at the University of South Africa (UNISA) which culminated in this dissertation that earned him a Doctor of Theology degree in Missiology in 2001.

Fachbuch aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Ethnologie / Volkskunde, 3 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die vorliegende Sammlung von Sprichwortern vermittelt einen Eindruck vom Reichtum der Sprache der Bemba, einer Ethnie in Norden Sambias (sudliches Afrika). Sprichworter sind wie Goldkorner" sie besitzen einen Glanz, der Menschen in ihren Bann zieht. Wahrend der redaktionellen Arbeit wurde ich selbst immer wieder in den Bann der kraftvollen Bilder und deren Glanz gezogen - manchmal gar von ihnen uberwaltigt. Nicht selten staunte ich uber die Tiefe der Sprache. Vorallem war ich von der ausgesprochen feinsinnigen Beobachtungsgabe der Menschen beeindruckt, die in dieser Sprache denken und leben. Selbstverstandlich leuchten in Sprichwortern nicht nur die schonen Seiten des Lebens durch. Sie sind durchaus mit Ironie angereichert. Zudem werden in ihnen ganz konkret kulturelle Sackgassen rationalisiert. Zu dieser speziellen Dimension ware eine eigenstandige Untersuchung notig. Hier soll es genugen, eine Brucke zu einer anderen Lebenswelt zu schlagen. Weisheiten aus dem Suden," so meine ich, konnen selbst einer modernen Welt ein Leuchten schenken. Vielleicht kann es hie und da sogar mehr sein. Kulye suku: kufipilila Eine isuku Frucht zu essen heisst: sie ganz und gar zu lutschen (Wenn eine Arbeit gut ist, dann ist sie es wert bis zum Ende ausgekostet zu werden) ...