Preface -- PART ONE: METHODOLOGY: FROM UNLIMITED TO LIMITATIVE COMPARISON -- 1. OBJECTIVE INTENTION AND SUBJECTIVE INVOLVEMENT -- 1.1 The Extent of Comparison -- 1.2 Objectivity -- 1.3 Quantitative and Qualitative Methods -- 1.4 Subjective Involvement in the Study of Religions -- 1.5 The Limited Reliability of the Unlimited Comparative Study of Religions -- 1.6 Three Modes of Empirical Study of Religions -- 1.7 Disadvantages and Advantages of a Limitative Approach to the Comparative Study of Religions -- 1.8 Conclusion -- 2. A LIMITATIVE APPROACH TO THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF RELIGIONS: ITS GENESIS AND TOOLS -- 2.1 A Biographical Outline -- 2.2 Towards a Theory of 'Religion' -- 2.3 A. Theory of 'Religion' -- 2.4 The Tools -- 2.5 Concluding Remarks -- PART TWO: THE LIMITATIVE METHOD APPLIED: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOME AKAN, PARA AND IFO-SANANDA RITES -- 3. THE WIDER SETTINGS OF THE THREE RITES -- 3.1 The Asante, Their Society and Religion -- 3.2 The Para-Creoles, Their Society and Religion -- 3.3 The IFO-Sananda Religion -- 4. THE AUTHORS -- 4.1 'Captain' R.S. Rattray (1881-1938) -- 4.2 C.J. Wooding -- 4.3 Festinger, Riecken and Schachter -- 5. AN AKAN RITUAL PROCESS: THE NKYI-DWO RITE OF 1921 AT ASUMEGYA -- 5.1 The Field-analysis -- 5.2 The Process-analysis -- 5.3 The Context-analysis -- 6. AN AFRO-SURINAMESE RITUAL PROCESS: A PARA-CREOLE PURIFICATION RITE -- 6.1 The Field-analysis -- 6.2 The Process-analysis -- 6.3 The Context-analysis -- 7. AN IFO-SANANDA RELIGIOUS PROCESS: THE MEETING OF THE 'SEEKERS' ON 21 NOVEMBER 1954 -- 7.1 The Field-analysis -- 7.2 The Process-analysis -- 7.3 The Context-analysis -- 8. THE THREE PROCESSES COMPARED -- 8.1 The Field-analyses Compared -- 8.2 The Process-analyses Compared -- 8.3 The Context-analyses Compared -- 9. THE STRUCTURE OF SOME AKAN AND PARA-CREOLE PRAYERS.

9.1 A Definition of 'Prayer' and some Analytical Distinctions -- 9.2 The Prayers to be analysed -- 9.3 One-phase, Two-phase and Three-phase Structures -- 9.4 The Structural Phases and Structural Elements -- 9.5 The Formal Structure of these Akan and Para Prayers -- 9.6 Structural Breakdown of the Akan and Para Prayers -- 10. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX Denteh's Interpretation of the Nkyi-Dwo Rite -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- GLOSSARY OF TWI WORDS -- GLOSSARY OF SRANAN-TONGO WORDS -- GLOSSARY OF IFO-SANANDA WORDS -- GLOSSARY OF ABBREVIATIONS AND TECHNICAL TERMS -- INDEX OF AUTHORS -- INDEX OF SUBJECTS.