Author : Graham Harvey
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 28,23 MB
Release : 2002-08-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780826451019
In China, at a time when few girls are taught to read or write, Ruby dreams of going to the university with her brothers and male cousins.
Author : Greg Johnson
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 418 pages
File Size : 39,48 MB
Release : 2017-06-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004346716
Extremely distant and distinct indigenous communities have over recent decades become more like themselves and more like each other – a paradox prevalent globally but inadequately explained by established analytical frames, particularly with regard to religion. Addressing this rich and unfolding context, the Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s) engages a wide variety of locations and perspectives. Drawing upon the efforts of a diverse group of scholars working at the intersection of indigenous studies and religious studies, this volume includes a programmatic introduction that argues for new ways of conceptualizing the field of indigenous religion(s), numerous case study-based examples, and an Afterword by Thomas Tweed.
Author : Graham Harvey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 33,98 MB
Release : 2000-11-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0826426565
Indigenous religions are the majority of the world's religions. This Companion shows how much they can contribute to a richer understanding of human identity, action, and relationships.An international team of contributors discuss representative indigenous religions from all continents. The book is in three parts--Persons, Powers, and Gifts.Relevant to everyone interested in human religiosity today.
Author : Ann Marie B. Bahr
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 209 pages
File Size : 44,54 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1438106424
Presents an overview of indigenous religions of Africa, Australia, India, Arctic regions, Mexico and others.
Author : Philip P. Arnold
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 20,34 MB
Release : 2007-07
Category :
ISBN : 9780814707128
Author : James L. Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 20,50 MB
Release : 2016-04-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1317157052
The study of indigenous religions has become an important academic field, particularly since the religious practices of indigenous peoples are being transformed by forces of globalization and transcontinental migration. This book will further our understanding of indigenous religions by first considering key methodological issues related to defining and contextualizing the religious practices of indigenous societies, both historically and in socio-cultural situations. Two further sections of the book analyse cases derived from European contexts, which are often overlooked in discussion of indigenous religions, and in two traditional areas of study: South America and Africa.
Author : James Cox
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 25,16 MB
Release : 2014-09-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1317546032
Indigenous societies around the world have been historically disparaged by European explorers, colonial officials and Christian missionaries. Nowhere was this more evident than in early descriptions of indigenous religions as savage, primitive, superstitious and fetishistic. Liberal intellectuals, both indigenous and colonial, reacted to this by claiming that, before indigenous peoples ever encountered Europeans, they all believed in a Supreme Being. The Invention of God in Indigenous Societies argues that, by alleging that God can be located at the core of pre-Christian cultures, this claim effectively invents a tradition which only makes sense theologically if God has never left himself without a witness. Examining a range of indigenous religions from North America, Africa and Australasia - the Shona of Zimbabwe, the "Rainbow Spirit Theology" in Australia, the Yupiit of Alaska, and the Māori of New Zealand – the book argues that the interests of indigenous societies are best served by carefully describing their religious beliefs and practices using historical and phenomenological methods – just as would be done in the study of any world religion.
Author : Robert E. Buswell Jr.
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 565 pages
File Size : 40,8 MB
Release : 2018-06-05
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0691188157
Korea has one of the most diverse religious cultures in the world today, with a range and breadth of religious practice virtually unrivaled by any other country. This volume in the Princeton Readings in Religions series is the first anthology in any language, including Korean, to bring together a comprehensive set of original sources covering the whole gamut of religious practice in both premodern and contemporary Korea. The book's thirty-two chapters help redress the dearth of source materials on Korean religions in Western languages. Coverage includes shamanic rituals for the dead and songs to quiet fussy newborns; Buddhist meditative practices and exorcisms; Confucian geomancy and ancestor rites; contemporary Catholic liturgy; Protestant devotional practices; internal alchemy training in new Korean religions; and North Korean Juche ("self-reliance") ideology, an amalgam of Marxism and Neo-Confucian filial piety focused on worship of the "father," Kim Il Sung. Religions of Korea in Practice provides substantial coverage of contemporary Korean religious practice, especially the various Christian denominations and new indigenous religions. Each chapter includes an extensive translation of original sources on Korean religious practice, accompanied by an introduction that frames the significance of the selections and offers suggestions for further reading. This book will help any reader gain a better appreciation of the rich complexity of Korea's religious culture.
Author : Graham Harvey
Publisher : Routledge is
Page : pages
File Size : 20,77 MB
Release : 2018-10-30
Category : Indigenous peoples
ISBN : 9781138338531
Scholarly attention to Indigenous religions has grown massively in the last twenty years. Within varied forms of Indigenous Studies (e.g. Native American Studies, Maori Studies), as a field itself, and within ethnological disciplines such as Anthropology and Religious Studies, issues related to Indigenous peoples have become increasingly important. Indigenous Religions brings together significant journal articles from the last fifteen years to provoke further discussion and to underpin improved teaching and up-to-date research. Some of the selected articles have already played significant roles in shaping debates in diverse areas, but bringing them together, combined with lesser known yet equally significant ones, enhances their significance and gives them a greater value to researchers and students. This collection is intended to provide an unrivalled resource for future developments in the disciplines that touch on Indigenous religions and current issues as they unfold in the twenty-first century.
Author : Jacob Kẹhinde Olupona
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 44,64 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic books
ISBN : 9780415273206
At a time when local traditions across the world are forcibly colliding with global culture, Beyond Primitivism explores the future of indigenous religions as they encounter modernity and globalisation.
