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Critical reflections on indigenous religions / edited by James L. Cox, University of Edinburgh, UK.

Contributor(s): Cox, James L. (James Leland) [editor.]
Material type: TextTextSeries: Vitality of indigenous religions: Publisher: Farnham, Surrey, England : Ashgate, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: xii, 202 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781409445005; 1409445003Subject(s): Indigenous peoples -- Religion | Indigenous peoples -- Religion -- CongressesDDC classification: 299 LOC classification: BL380 | .C75 2013Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-192) and index.
Contents:
Reflecting Critically on Indigenous Religions / James L. Cox -- Why Study Indigenous Religions? / Graham Harvey -- Reflections on Some Problems in Dealing with Indigenous Religions of the Past: The Case of Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religion / Jens Peter Schjødt -- Religious Traditions -- Kinship-based and/or Universal? / Ulrich Berner -- Enlightenment Concepts, Medieval Contexts / Carole M. Cusack -- Druidry and the Definition of Indigenous Religion / Suzanne Owen -- Defining the Religion that Lay behind the Self-Colonization of Europe / Emily Lyle -- Don Cristobal, Llocllayhuancupa and the Virgin: The Battle of Words in a Colonial Quechua Conversion Narrative / Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Saenz -- The Spirit White Feather in Sao Paulo: The Resilience of Indigenous Spirits in Brazil / Bettina E. Schmidt -- Irreecha: An Indigenous Thanksgiving Ceremony of the Oromo to the High God Waaqa / Gemechu Jemal Geda -- Ritual and Symbol: Funeral and Naming Rituals in an African Indigenous Community / Elijah Obinna.
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Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book John Bulow Campbell Library Midrange BL380 .C75 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 0182903240626

Selections originally presented at a one-day symposium on indigenous religions at the University of Edinburgh on 27 November 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-192) and index.

Reflecting Critically on Indigenous Religions / James L. Cox -- Why Study Indigenous Religions? / Graham Harvey -- Reflections on Some Problems in Dealing with Indigenous Religions of the Past: The Case of Pre-Christian Scandinavian Religion / Jens Peter Schjødt -- Religious Traditions -- Kinship-based and/or Universal? / Ulrich Berner -- Enlightenment Concepts, Medieval Contexts / Carole M. Cusack -- Druidry and the Definition of Indigenous Religion / Suzanne Owen -- Defining the Religion that Lay behind the Self-Colonization of Europe / Emily Lyle -- Don Cristobal, Llocllayhuancupa and the Virgin: The Battle of Words in a Colonial Quechua Conversion Narrative / Sabine Dedenbach-Salazar Saenz -- The Spirit White Feather in Sao Paulo: The Resilience of Indigenous Spirits in Brazil / Bettina E. Schmidt -- Irreecha: An Indigenous Thanksgiving Ceremony of the Oromo to the High God Waaqa / Gemechu Jemal Geda -- Ritual and Symbol: Funeral and Naming Rituals in an African Indigenous Community / Elijah Obinna.

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