Ancestors in Post-Contact Religion Roots, Ruptures, and Modernity's Memory |
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| Editor:
| Friesen, Steven J. |
| Contribution by:
| Bell, Diane
Burgess, Puanani
Cousins, Ewert
Ferea, William
Garmon, Ulunui
Grim, John A.
Johnson, Rubellite
Ka'upu, David
Kanahele, Pualani
Kendall, Laurel
Long, Charles
MacDonald, Mary N.
Olupona, Jacob K.
Orbell, Margaret
Raitt, Jill |
| Series title: | Religions of the World and Ecology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-945454-32-8 |
| Publication Date: | Nov 2001 |
| Publisher: | Harvard University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $45.95 |
Book Description:
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This volume addresses two facets common to our human experience. We are all descendants; we all have ancestors who make powerful claims on our lives. And we live in the aftermath of contact between European-based cultures and other civilizations. It is now clear that native religions are alive and adapting in the contemporary world, just as all religions have done in all eras. The phenomenon of ancestors is common to all humans, but while prominent in most indigenous...
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This volume addresses two facets common to our human experience. We are all descendants; we all have ancestors who make powerful claims on our lives. And we live in the aftermath of contact between European-based cultures and other civilizations. It is now clear that native religions are alive and adapting in the contemporary world, just as all religions have done in all eras.
The phenomenon of ancestors is common to all humans, but while prominent in most indigenous traditions, it has been suppressed in western cultures. This volume articulates crucial issues in the study of post-contact religion through the themes of the ancestral ordering of the world, intense personal attachments to forebears, and the catastrophes of colonization.