Religious categories and the construction of the Indigenous /
This volume significantly advances the academic debate surrounding the taxonomy and the categorisation of 'Indigenous religion'. Developing approaches from leading scholars in the field, this edited volume provides the space for established and rising voices to discuss the highly problemat...
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| Language: | English |
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Boston :
Brill,
2016
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| Series: | Supplements to method & theory in the study of religion,
VOLUME 7 |
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| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
Table of Contents:
- Religious Categories and the Construction of the Indigenous; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface: Claiming and Shaping Indigeneity; List of Illustrations and Table; List of Contributors; 1 Indigenous Religion: Its Validity and Problematics; 2 Reflections on Indigeneity and Religion; 3 Kinship and Location: In Defence of a Narrow Definition of Indigenous Religions; 4 Against 'Indigenous Religions': A Problematic Category that Reinforces the World Religions Paradigm; 5 Performing Indigeneity and Performing Guesthood
- 6 You Can't Escape Your Origins: Exegeting the Jukurrpa in Warlpiri Christianity and the Struggle Over Indigeneity7 The Sufism of Iran: Regional Indigeneity and Islamic Mysticism; 8 Scales, Translations, and Siding Effects: Uses of IndÃgena and religión in Talamanca and Beyond; 9 The Long Road Home: Indigenous Assyrian Christians of Iraq and the Politicisation of the Diaspora; 10 Indigenous or Non-Indigenous: Who Benefits from Narrow Definitions of Religion?; Index
