... Nuer have said so little about their religion. 1102798. Page 12. PREFACE. A study of Nuer religion is a study of what they consider to be the nature ofSpirit ...
The Nuer hold a conception of Kwoth, a generalized Spirit or God-essence, reminiscent of the Polynesian mana; and the various named gods and totemic spirits ...
The Nuer show a humbleness in respect to God which contrasts with their proud, almost provocative, and towards strangers even insulting, bearing.
further statement that Nuer religion is ulti- mately an interior state and that the meaning of observable rites depends finally on an awareness of God and ...
This article examines how the Nuer people in post-independence South Sudan reinterpret their experiences through past prophecies or kuɔth (divinity), ...