| Ancestors in Post-Contact Religion: Roots, Ruptures, and Modernity's Memory Contributor(s): Friesen, Steven J. (Editor), Bell, Diane (Contribution by), Burgess, Puanani (Contribution by) |
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ISBN: 0945454325 ISBN-13: 9780945454328 Publisher: Harvard University Press OUR PRICE: $24.70 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2001 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Comparative Religion |
| Dewey: 291.211 |
| LCCN: 2001037290 |
| Series: Religions of the World |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 6.07" W x 9.08" (0.87 lbs) 271 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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. |
Contributor Bio(s): Friesen, Steven J.: - Steven J. Friesen is Louise Farmer Boyer Chair in Biblical Studies at the University of Texas at Austin.MacDonald, Mary N.: - Mary N. MacDonald is Professor of History of Religions, Le Moyne College.Grim, John A.: - John A. Grim is Senior Lecturer, Yale Divinity School. |