The Great Father and the Danger
Subtitle: religious cults, material forces, and collective fantasies in the world of the Surinamese Maroons
By: H.U.E. Thoden van Velzen and W. van Wetering
Series: Caribbean series / Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde -- 9; Caribbean series (Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde (Netherlands)) -- 9
Publisher: KITLV Press
Published: 1991
Place of publication: Leiden, The Netherlands
Language: eng
Number of pages: 451
Subjects: Gaan Gadu (Cult); Na Ogii (Cult); Djuka people; Cults; Maroons; Religious life and customs
Notes: Originally published: Dordrecht, Holland : Foris Publications, 1988.

Originally presented as the authors' theses (Ph. D.--University of Amsterdam, 1966 and 1973).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [433]-443) and index.