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Indigenous religions : a companion / edited by Graham Harvey.

Contributor(s): Publication details: London, UK : Cassell, c.2000.Description: xii, 302p : 1 ill. ; pbk ; 24cmISBN:
  • 0304704482(pbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299/IND 21
LOC classification:
  • BL380 .I56 2000
Contents:
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.
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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.

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