Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Maps, Diagrams, and Figures ix
4. Dramatis Personae xiii
5. Introduction 1
6. 1 To the Underworld with Ononti the Shamaness 5
7. 2 Leopard Power and Police Power, the Jungle and the State 40
8. 3 What the Living and the Dead Have to Say to Each Other 67
9. 4 Memories without Rememberers 98
10. 5 Young Monosi Changes His World Forever 124
11. 6 Doloso Complicates the Future of His Mountaintop Village 149
12. 7 Shocked by Baptists 166
13. 8 Christians Die Mute 191
14. 9 Redeemers Human and Divine 211
15. 10 Youth Economics: Life after Sonums 236
16. 11 Dancing with Alphabet Worshippers: Once and Future Hindus? 266
17. Interlude: Government Kitsch and the Old Prophet’s New Message 294
18. 12 Six Remarkable Women and Their Destinies 300
19. Epilogue: Spiritual Ecosystems and Loss of Theo- diversity 323
20. Acknowledgments 337
21. Glossary of Ethnic Groups and Communities 341
22. References 343
23. Index 353