Godfrey Lienhardt
Biographic Data
| ID | 154124 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Godfrey Lienhardt |
| GIVEN NAMES | Godfrey |
| FAMILY NAME | Lienhardt |
| SIGNATURE | LIENHARDT G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Institute for Social Anthropology |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 40 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1951 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Excerpt from “The Dinka and Catholicism”
Excerpt from “The Dinka and Catholicism”
Like Julian Pitt-Rivers, Godfrey Lienhardt (1921–93) was a student of E. E. Evans-Pritchard at Oxford. His great ethnography Divinity and Experience: The Religion of the Dinka , published in 1961, is regarded as one of the great social anthropological studies of religion. In his research (1947–50) on this southern Sudanese nomad population (neighbors of the Nuer, the people researched by Evans-Pritchard), Lienhardt approaches religious symbolism,…
The Sudan: Aspects of the south government among some of the Nilotic peoples, 1947–52
Historians writing about Africa were at one time criticized for interesting themselves in little but the history of colonial rule. Social anthropologists,on the other hand,have been held to interest themselves too little in colonialism, and too much in outmoded habits of thought, antique customs or mere formal constructs. Anthropologists of the s6uthern Sudan have not, it is true, prefaced their writings with accounts of the superstructure of the…
Short reviews
John Higham (ed.): ETHNIC LEADERSHIP IN AMERICA, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, 1978; 214 pp., n.p. Arend Lijphart, DEMOCRACY IN PLURAL SOCIETIES: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1977. 248 pp., n.p. Francis Mading Deng, AFRICANS OF TWO WORLDS, THE DINKA IN AFRO‐ARAB SUDAN. New Haven and London, Yale University Press. 244 pp., n.p. Patricia Caplan and Janet M. Bujra (eds), WOMEN UNITED, WOMEN DIVID…
E-P: A Personal View: Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard, 1902-1973
The Living Arts of Nigeria
Journal Article The Living Arts of Nigeria Get access The Living Arts of Nigeria, edited by William Fagg. Studio Vista, 1971. 102pp. £5·00. The Art of Black Africa, by Elsy Leuzinger. Studio Vista, 1972. 378pp. £5·50. African Art and Leadership, edited by Douglas Fraser and Herbert M. Cole. University of Wisconsin Press, 1972. 332pp. $17·50. £8·50. GODFREY LIENHARDT GODFREY LIENHARDT Institute of Social AnthropologyOxford Search for other works b…
African Art: An Introduction
Journal Article African Art: an introduction Get access African Art: an introduction, by Frank Willett. Thames and Hudson, 1971. 288pp. 61 colour plates, 200 black and white plates. Cloth £2.10, paper £1.25. GODFREY LIENHARDT GODFREY LIENHARDT Wolfson CollegeOxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 71, Issue 283, April 1972, Pages 217–218, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.…
I Dinca sono cosi: Ricordi di una vita fra i Dinca del Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan
The Lele of the Kasai
Journal Article The Lele of the Kasai Get access The Lele of the Kasai. By Mary Douglas. OUP for International African Institute. 1963. 45s. Godfrey Lienhardt Godfrey Lienhardt Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 63, Issue 253, October 1964, Pages 298–299, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a095251 Published: 01 October 1964
On the Concept of Objectivity in Social Anthropology
Divinity and Experience: The Religion of the Dinka
This study of the religion of Southern Sudan's Dinka people is now considered a minor classic of social anthropology. Lienhardt examines the complex meanings of divine imagery and relates these to the Dinkas' experience of life and death. From the role of priests to the translation of hymns, prayers, and myths, Lienhardt provides an unparalleled analysis and interpretation of this Sudanese religion
The Situation of Death: An Aspect of Anuak Philosophy
Godfrey Lienhardt, The Situation of Death: An Aspect of Anuak Philosophy, Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 2, East and Central Africa (N. Rhodesia, Sudan, Tanganyika) (Special Issue) (Apr., 1962), pp. 74-85
The Church and the Nations: A Study of Minority Catholicism. Edited by Adrian Hastings. (Sheed and Ward; 21s.)
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Anuak Village Headmen
Opening ParagraphThe Anuak are a Nilotic people of the south-east of the Sudan and adjacent Ethiopia. They may number between 30,000 and 40,000 people, of whom at least two thirds live in Ethiopia, where a number of difficulties prevented me from visiting them. As described in Professor Evans-Pritchard's writings, two somewhat different political systems and forms of rule and leadership are found in the villages of Anuakland. In the south-east, s…
A Manual of Nuer Law
A Manual of Nuer Law A Manual of Nuer Law, by P. P. Howell. Published by the Oxford University Press for the International African Institute at 35s. Godfrey Lienhardt Godfrey Lienhardt Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 216, July 1955, Pages 235–236, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094322 Published: 01 July 1955
Nilotic Kings and their Mothers' Kin
Opening ParagraphThis paper offers an interpretation of some details of the myth and custom of two Nilotic tribes, the Shilluk and the Anuak of the Southern Sudan. Each of these tribes has a noble or royal clan in a centrally important position in its political system, and the royal myths of both tell of the founding of kingship. In both also we find represented in myth a conflict between the first kings and their maternal uncles and grandfathers…
Modes of Thought in Primitive Society
Godfrey Lienhardt's essay, "Modes of Thought in Primitive Society," challenges the notion of distinct "primitive" modes of thought, arguing that such distinctions arise from specialized Western ways of apprehending reality. He emphasizes the historical relativity of thought, highlighting how Western societies differ from both "primitive" cultures and their own historical predecessors in their dismissal of concepts like witchcraft and distant kins…
Religion among the Primitives
Some Notions of Witchcraft among the Dinka
Opening ParagraphThis paper is concerned with an examination of the usage of a Dinka word, apeth which may be translated either as 'witch' or as 'witchcraft'. These English words, however, only roughly set the limits of its meaning, which are here more precisely indicated by a consideration of the contexts in which the Dinka use it
Some Notions of Witchcraft among the Dinka
Opening ParagraphThis paper is concerned with an examination of the usage of a Dinka word, apeth which may be translated either as 'witch' or as 'witchcraft'. These English words, however, only roughly set the limits of its meaning, which are here more precisely indicated by a consideration of the contexts in which the Dinka use it
Anuak Village Headmen
Opening ParagraphThe Anuak are a Nilotic people of the south-east of the Sudan and adjacent Ethiopia. They may number between 30,000 and 40,000 people, of whom at least two thirds live in Ethiopia, where a number of difficulties prevented me from visiting them. As described in Professor Evans-Pritchard's writings, two somewhat different political systems and forms of rule and leadership are found in the villages of Anuakland. In the south-east, s…
E-P: A Personal View: Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard, 1902-1973
Nilotic Kings and their Mothers' Kin
Opening ParagraphThis paper offers an interpretation of some details of the myth and custom of two Nilotic tribes, the Shilluk and the Anuak of the Southern Sudan. Each of these tribes has a noble or royal clan in a centrally important position in its political system, and the royal myths of both tell of the founding of kingship. In both also we find represented in myth a conflict between the first kings and their maternal uncles and grandfathers…
Modes of Thought in Primitive Society
Godfrey Lienhardt's essay, "Modes of Thought in Primitive Society," challenges the notion of distinct "primitive" modes of thought, arguing that such distinctions arise from specialized Western ways of apprehending reality. He emphasizes the historical relativity of thought, highlighting how Western societies differ from both "primitive" cultures and their own historical predecessors in their dismissal of concepts like witchcraft and distant kins…
On the Concept of Objectivity in Social Anthropology
Religion among the Primitives
Some Notions of Witchcraft among the Dinka
Opening ParagraphThis paper is concerned with an examination of the usage of a Dinka word, apeth which may be translated either as 'witch' or as 'witchcraft'. These English words, however, only roughly set the limits of its meaning, which are here more precisely indicated by a consideration of the contexts in which the Dinka use it
Religion among the Primitives
Modes of Thought in Primitive Society
Godfrey Lienhardt's essay, "Modes of Thought in Primitive Society," challenges the notion of distinct "primitive" modes of thought, arguing that such distinctions arise from specialized Western ways of apprehending reality. He emphasizes the historical relativity of thought, highlighting how Western societies differ from both "primitive" cultures and their own historical predecessors in their dismissal of concepts like witchcraft and distant kins…
A Manual of Nuer Law
A Manual of Nuer Law A Manual of Nuer Law, by P. P. Howell. Published by the Oxford University Press for the International African Institute at 35s. Godfrey Lienhardt Godfrey Lienhardt Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 54, Issue 216, July 1955, Pages 235–236, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a094322 Published: 01 July 1955
Nilotic Kings and their Mothers' Kin
Opening ParagraphThis paper offers an interpretation of some details of the myth and custom of two Nilotic tribes, the Shilluk and the Anuak of the Southern Sudan. Each of these tribes has a noble or royal clan in a centrally important position in its political system, and the royal myths of both tell of the founding of kingship. In both also we find represented in myth a conflict between the first kings and their maternal uncles and grandfathers…
Anuak Village Headmen
Opening ParagraphThe Anuak are a Nilotic people of the south-east of the Sudan and adjacent Ethiopia. They may number between 30,000 and 40,000 people, of whom at least two thirds live in Ethiopia, where a number of difficulties prevented me from visiting them. As described in Professor Evans-Pritchard's writings, two somewhat different political systems and forms of rule and leadership are found in the villages of Anuakland. In the south-east, s…
The Church and the Nations: A Study of Minority Catholicism. Edited by Adrian Hastings. (Sheed and Ward; 21s.)
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
The Situation of Death: An Aspect of Anuak Philosophy
Godfrey Lienhardt, The Situation of Death: An Aspect of Anuak Philosophy, Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 35, No. 2, East and Central Africa (N. Rhodesia, Sudan, Tanganyika) (Special Issue) (Apr., 1962), pp. 74-85
Divinity and Experience: The Religion of the Dinka
This study of the religion of Southern Sudan's Dinka people is now considered a minor classic of social anthropology. Lienhardt examines the complex meanings of divine imagery and relates these to the Dinkas' experience of life and death. From the role of priests to the translation of hymns, prayers, and myths, Lienhardt provides an unparalleled analysis and interpretation of this Sudanese religion
The Lele of the Kasai
Journal Article The Lele of the Kasai Get access The Lele of the Kasai. By Mary Douglas. OUP for International African Institute. 1963. 45s. Godfrey Lienhardt Godfrey Lienhardt Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 63, Issue 253, October 1964, Pages 298–299, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.a095251 Published: 01 October 1964
On the Concept of Objectivity in Social Anthropology
I Dinca sono cosi: Ricordi di una vita fra i Dinca del Bahr el Ghazal, Sudan
African Art: An Introduction
Journal Article African Art: an introduction Get access African Art: an introduction, by Frank Willett. Thames and Hudson, 1971. 288pp. 61 colour plates, 200 black and white plates. Cloth £2.10, paper £1.25. GODFREY LIENHARDT GODFREY LIENHARDT Wolfson CollegeOxford Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar African Affairs, Volume 71, Issue 283, April 1972, Pages 217–218, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.afraf.…
The Living Arts of Nigeria
Journal Article The Living Arts of Nigeria Get access The Living Arts of Nigeria, edited by William Fagg. Studio Vista, 1971. 102pp. £5·00. The Art of Black Africa, by Elsy Leuzinger. Studio Vista, 1972. 378pp. £5·50. African Art and Leadership, edited by Douglas Fraser and Herbert M. Cole. University of Wisconsin Press, 1972. 332pp. $17·50. £8·50. GODFREY LIENHARDT GODFREY LIENHARDT Institute of Social AnthropologyOxford Search for other works b…
E-P: A Personal View: Sir Edward Evans-Pritchard, 1902-1973
Short reviews
John Higham (ed.): ETHNIC LEADERSHIP IN AMERICA, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore & London, 1978; 214 pp., n.p. Arend Lijphart, DEMOCRACY IN PLURAL SOCIETIES: A COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1977. 248 pp., n.p. Francis Mading Deng, AFRICANS OF TWO WORLDS, THE DINKA IN AFRO‐ARAB SUDAN. New Haven and London, Yale University Press. 244 pp., n.p. Patricia Caplan and Janet M. Bujra (eds), WOMEN UNITED, WOMEN DIVID…
The Sudan: Aspects of the south government among some of the Nilotic peoples, 1947–52
Historians writing about Africa were at one time criticized for interesting themselves in little but the history of colonial rule. Social anthropologists,on the other hand,have been held to interest themselves too little in colonialism, and too much in outmoded habits of thought, antique customs or mere formal constructs. Anthropologists of the s6uthern Sudan have not, it is true, prefaced their writings with accounts of the superstructure of the…
Excerpt from “The Dinka and Catholicism”
Like Julian Pitt-Rivers, Godfrey Lienhardt (1921–93) was a student of E. E. Evans-Pritchard at Oxford. His great ethnography Divinity and Experience: The Religion of the Dinka , published in 1961, is regarded as one of the great social anthropological studies of religion. In his research (1947–50) on this southern Sudanese nomad population (neighbors of the Nuer, the people researched by Evans-Pritchard), Lienhardt approaches religious symbolism,…
Excerpt from “The Dinka and Catholicism”
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