Kwaio Religion: The Living and the Dead in a Solomon Island Society

Kwaio OrthographyPrefaceIntroduction1. The Kwaio of Malaita2. Encountering Ancestors3. The Spirit World4. Magic5. Cosmological Structures6. Ancestors in Kwaio Social Structure7. Adalo: AThe Powers and Precepts of the Dead8. Communications and Transactions iwth Ancestors9. Sacrifice10. Death anc Desacralization11. The Sociology of Kwaio Ritual12. Symbolism in Kwaio Ritual13. Structures, Meanings, and the Sociology of Knowledge14. Ancestors, Celestialization, and Earthly Politics15. The Struggle for AtonomyConclusionKwaio GlossaryReferencesIndex