Indigenous Religions Books

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1. Indigenous Medicine and Knowledge in African Society

   By Kwasi B. Konadu

   At the turn of the 20th century, African societies witnessed the suppression of indigenous healing specialists as missionary proselytization and colonial rule increased. Governments, medical practitioners and academics focused little attention or resources on the production of "traditional"...

   March 2009 | 978-0-415-80333-5 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Jesus Dub: Theology, Music and Social Change

   By Robert Beckford

   Robert Beckford explores the dialogue between two central institutions in African Caribbean life: the church and the dancehall. He highlights how Dub – one of the central features of dancehall culture – can be mobilized as a framework for re-evaluating theology, taking apart doctrine and...

   2006 | 978-0-415-31019-2 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Islam in Post-Soviet Russia

   Edited by Hilary Pilkington, Galina Yemelianova

   This book, based on extensive original research in the field, analyses the political, social and cultural implications of the rise of Islam in post-Soviet Russia. Examining in particular the situation in Tatarstan and Dagestan, where there are large Muslim populations, the authors chart the long...

   2006 | 978-0-415-40624-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Religions of South Asia: An Introduction

   Edited by Sushil Mittal, Gene Thursby

   South Asia is home to many of the world's most vibrant religious faiths. It is also one of the most dynamic and historically rich regions on earth, where changing political and social structures have caused religions to interact and hybridise in unique ways. This textbook introduces the...

   2006 | 978-0-415-22391-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Beyond Primitivism: Indigenous Religious Traditions and Modernity

   Edited by Jacob K. Olupona

   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...

   2003 | 978-0-415-27320-6 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Ecstatic Religion: A Study of Shamanism and Spirit Possession, 3rd Edition

   By I.M. Lewis

   2002 | 978-0-415-30124-4 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Shamanism: An Introduction

   By Margaret Stutley

   Shamanism is one of the earliest and farthest-reaching magical and religious traditions, vestiges of which still underlie the major religious faiths of the modern world. The function of the shaman is to show his or her people the unseen powers behind the mere appearances of nature, as experienced...

   2002 | 978-0-415-27318-3 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Shamanism: A Reader

   Edited by Graham Harvey

   Shamanism has been practised amongst communities all over the world for millennia, and continues to survive today in both modern and ancient forms. Shamanism: A Reader unites perspectives from disciplines including anthropology, psychology, musicology, and botany to provide an unique overview of...

   2002 | 978-0-415-25330-7 | Paperback (Routledge)

9. Praising His Name In The Dance: Spirit Possession in the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work in Trinidad, West Indies

   By Kenneth Anthony Lum

   The author provides a detailed portrait of the Spiritual Baptist Faith and Orisha Work, two religions that share a common basis in the traditional religion of the Yoruba in West Africa. Specifically, the author studies the phenomenon of spirit possession, an integral aspect of worship in both...

   2000 | 9789057026102 | Hardback (Routledge)

10. Religion, Diaspora and Cultural Identity: A Reader in the Anglophone Caribbean

    By J.W. Pulis

    Although the religions of the Caribbean have been a subject of popular media, there have been few ethnographic publications. This text is a much-needed and long overdue addition to Caribbean studies and the exploration of ideas, beliefs, and religious practices of Caribbean folk in diaspora and at...

    1999 | 9789057005459 | Hardback (Routledge)