Beyond Primitivism: Indigenous Religious Traditions and ModernityJacob K. Olupona Routledge, 2004 M02 24 - 364 páginas What role do indigenous religions play in today's world? Beyond Primitivism is a complete appraisal of indigenous religions - faiths integrally connected to the cultures in which they originate, as distinct from global religions of conversion - as practised across America, Africa, Asia and the Pacific today. At a time when local traditions across the world are colliding with global culture, it explores the future of indigenous faiths as they encounter modernity and globalization. Beyond Primitivism argues that indigenous religions are not irrelevant in modern society, but are dynamic, progressive forces of continuing vitality and influence. Including essays on Haitian vodou, Korean shamanism and the Sri Lankan 'Wild Man', the contributors reveal the relevance of native religions to millions of believers worldwide, challenging the perception that indigenous faiths are vanishing from the face of the globe. |
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... concept of authenticity.13 Building on the ideas of Muhammad Iqbal, Lee notes that the fundamental idea of authenticity is to value the self, that is to say, "to be who you are without desiring to be someone else." Lee views this ...
... concept of magic as the use of forbidden powers. Biblical denouncements represent pragmatic attempts to curtail a reliance on the gods of other peoples. Janowitz provides examples, such as the Hittite ritual of "ambassi" to demonstrate ...
... concepts familiar to polytheistic Mesoamerican cultures. Likewise, the existence of Catholic saints also allowed for the integration of Mesoamerican deities into new cultural fusions. Lopez Austin maintains that Mesoamerican cultures ...
... concepts applied to the study of Japanese popular religion and native traditions. Araki's study provides an opportunity for scholars to ask about NRMs in Japan, especially the one led by the controversial, semi-divine, and charismatic ...
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Do Jews make good Protestants? The crosscultural study of ritual | 23 |
Can we move beyond primitivism? On recovering the indigenes | 37 |
Friedrich Max Miiller indigenous | 71 |
some reflections from | 89 |
Tribal religious traditions are constantly devalued in Western | 111 |
concealed narratives | 128 |
religious and other | 149 |
New Yorks Haitian | 164 |
unmasking the neoarchaic | 200 |
Popular religions and modernity in Japan | 214 |
a view from | 245 |
representations of the wild man in Sri Lanka | 272 |
Melanesians and the cargo | 297 |
Thinking and teaching with the indigenous traditions of Melanesia | 314 |
Index | 343 |
Understanding sacrifice and sanctity in Benin indigenous | 181 |
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