Indigenous religions :
Indigenous religions : a companion /
edited by Graham Harvey.
- London, UK : Cassell, c.2000.
- xii, 302p : 1 ill. ; pbk ; 24cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.269-289) and index.
Introduction / Graham Harvey -- 1. The cosmos as intersubjective: Native American other-than-human persons / Kenneth M. Morrison -- 2. Native Womanism: Exemplars of indigenism in sacred traditions of kinship / M. A. Jaimes Guerrero -- 3. Shamanism / Piers Vitebsky -- 4. Witchcraft and healing among the Bangwa of Cameroon / Fiona Bowie -- 5. Rattray's request: Spirit possession among the Bono of West Africa / Jan G. Platvoet -- 6. Mana and tapu: Sacred knowledge, sacred boundaries / Peter J. Mataira -- 7. Magic, religion and secularity among the Azande and Nuer / Berel Dov Lerner -- 8. The Dreaming in contemporary Aboriginal Australia / Lynne Hume -- 9. Ecology and religion in Karuk orientations toward the land / Sean M. Connors -- 10. Art works in Aotearoa / Graham Harvey -- 11. Music, art and movement among the Yoruba / Olu Taiwo -- 12. The unwieldy promise of ceremonies: The case of the Jakalteko Maya's Dance of the Conquest / Charles D. Thompson, Jr. 13. Rites of passage among the Lohorung Rai of East Nepal / Charlotte E. Hardman -- 14. Gifts for the sky people: Animal sacrifice, head hunting and power among the Naga of Burma and Assam / Mark R. Woodward -- 15. Characteristics of African indigenous religions in contemporary Zimbabwe / James L. Cox -- 16. Spirituality, values and boundaries in the revitalization of a Mi'kmaq community / Raoul R. Andersen, John K. Crellin and Misel Joe -- 17. Touching the past, teaching ways forward: The American Indian powwow / Teri Brewer.
0304704482(pbk.) :
99041462
GBA0-6668
Indigenous peoples--Religion.
BL380 / .I56 2000
299/IND
Includes bibliographical references (p.269-289) and index.
Introduction / Graham Harvey -- 1. The cosmos as intersubjective: Native American other-than-human persons / Kenneth M. Morrison -- 2. Native Womanism: Exemplars of indigenism in sacred traditions of kinship / M. A. Jaimes Guerrero -- 3. Shamanism / Piers Vitebsky -- 4. Witchcraft and healing among the Bangwa of Cameroon / Fiona Bowie -- 5. Rattray's request: Spirit possession among the Bono of West Africa / Jan G. Platvoet -- 6. Mana and tapu: Sacred knowledge, sacred boundaries / Peter J. Mataira -- 7. Magic, religion and secularity among the Azande and Nuer / Berel Dov Lerner -- 8. The Dreaming in contemporary Aboriginal Australia / Lynne Hume -- 9. Ecology and religion in Karuk orientations toward the land / Sean M. Connors -- 10. Art works in Aotearoa / Graham Harvey -- 11. Music, art and movement among the Yoruba / Olu Taiwo -- 12. The unwieldy promise of ceremonies: The case of the Jakalteko Maya's Dance of the Conquest / Charles D. Thompson, Jr. 13. Rites of passage among the Lohorung Rai of East Nepal / Charlotte E. Hardman -- 14. Gifts for the sky people: Animal sacrifice, head hunting and power among the Naga of Burma and Assam / Mark R. Woodward -- 15. Characteristics of African indigenous religions in contemporary Zimbabwe / James L. Cox -- 16. Spirituality, values and boundaries in the revitalization of a Mi'kmaq community / Raoul R. Andersen, John K. Crellin and Misel Joe -- 17. Touching the past, teaching ways forward: The American Indian powwow / Teri Brewer.
0304704482(pbk.) :
99041462
GBA0-6668
Indigenous peoples--Religion.
BL380 / .I56 2000
299/IND
