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ISBN: 9780195188226 - Secrets, Gossip, and Gods The Transformation of Brazilian Candombl'e Secrets, Gossip, and Gods The Transformation of Brazilian Candombl'e
CHRIST, JOHNSON PAUL

ISBN10: 9780198034292  ISBN13: 9780198034292
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
In this wide-ranging book Paul C. Johnson explores the changing, hidden face of the Afro-Brazilian indigenous religion of Candomble. Despite its importance in Brazilian society, Candomble has received far less attention than its sister religions... More

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ISBN: 9780195172317 - Beauty of the Primitive Shamanism and the Western Imagination Beauty of the Primitive Shamanism and the Western Imagination
A, ZNAMENSKI ANDREI

ISBN10: 9780198038498  ISBN13: 9780198038498
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
The Beauty of the Primitive explores how shamanism, an obscure word introduced by the eighteenth-century German explorers of Siberia, entered Western humanities and social sciences, and has now become a powerful idiom used by nature and pagan... More

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ISBN: 9780195154153 - Three Eyes for the Journey African Dimensions of the Jamaican Religious Experience Three Eyes for the Journey African Dimensions of the Jamaican Religious Experience
M, STEWART DIANNE

ISBN10: 9780198039082  ISBN13: 9780198039082
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Studies of African-derived religious traditions have generally focused on their retention of African elements. This emphasis, says Dianne Stewart, slights the ways in which communities in the African diaspora have created and formed new religious... More

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ISBN: 9780195340488 - Rastafari From Outcasts to Cultural Bearers Rastafari From Outcasts to Cultural Bearers
BARRI, EDMONDS ENNIS

ISBN10: 9780198030607  ISBN13: 9780198030607
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Electronic Book
Since its emergence from the ghettoes of West Kingston, Jamaica in the 1930s, the Rastafarian Movement has been transformed from an obscure group of outcasts to a vibrant movement that has not only become firmly entrenched in Jamaican society... More

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ISBN: 9780745318417 - Cord of Blood Cord of Blood
Lovell, Nadia

ISBN10: 9781849641296  ISBN13: 9781849641296
Publisher: Pluto Press
Format: Electronic Book
The relationship between human beings and their gods lies at the centre of all questions of identity, individual and collective. Nadia Lovell examines how religious feelings reflect notions of personhood and belonging, and how religious... More

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ISBN: 9780812230611 - Taste of Blood Taste of Blood
Wafer, Jim

ISBN10: 9780812203868  ISBN13: 9780812203868
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Electronic Book
Enter the fascinating world of the Condomble regions of Brazil, where interaction between spirits and human is considered an everyday occurrence. Jim Wafer uncovers the social life, rituals, folklore, and engaging personalities of the villagers of... More

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ISBN: 9780812231199 - Experiencing Ritual Experiencing Ritual
Turner, Edith

ISBN10: 9780812203981  ISBN13: 9780812203981
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc. University of Pennsylvania Press
Format: Electronic Book
Experiencing Ritual is Edith Turner's account of how she sighted a spirit form while participating in the Ihamba ritual of the Ndembu. Through her analysis, she presents a view not common in anthropological writingsthe view of millions of... More

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ISBN: 9780754655695 - From Primitive to Indigenous From Primitive to Indigenous
L Cox, James

ISBN10: 9780754687146  ISBN13: 9780754687146
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd Ashgate
Format: Electronic Book
The academic study of Indigenous Religions developed historically from missiological and anthropological sources, but little analysis has been devoted to this classification within departments of religious studies. Evaluating this assumption in... More

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ISBN: 9780801022197 - Understanding Folk Religion Understanding Folk Religion
Hiebert, Paul G ; Shaw, R Daniel

ISBN10: 9781585584529  ISBN13: 9781585584529
Publisher: Baker Publishing Group Baker Academic
Format: Electronic Book
Provides a model for examining the beliefs folk religions around the world and suggests biblical principles missionaries can use to deal with them. More