From primitive to indigenous the academic study of indigenous religions /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
c2007.
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| Series: | Vitality of indigenous religions
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10211462 |
Table of Contents:
- The academic study of indigenous religions : underlying assumptions and historical developments
- Essentialism and the world religions paradigm
- Defining 'indigenous' scientifically
- Towards a socio-cultural, non-essentialist interpretation of religion
- The Yupiit of Alaska : the 'real people'
- The adaptive nature of indigenous religions in Zimbabwe
- Indigenous religions and the debate over primitivism.