1st Edition
Indigenous Religion(s) Local Grounds, Global Networks
1. Translating Indigeneities: Educative Encounters in Talamanca, Tromsø, and Elsewhere
Bjørn Ola Tafjord
2. Indigenous Religion(s) – in the Making and on the Move: Sámi activism from Alta to Standing Rock
Siv Ellen Kraft
3. Indigenous Futures: The Practice of Sovereignty in Nagaland and Other Places
Arkotong Longkumer
4. Imagining Global Adivasi-ness: Celebrating World Adivasi Day in Chhotaudepur
Gregory Alles
5. Engaged Indigeneity: Articulating, Anticipating, and Enacting Tradition on Mauna Kea
Greg Johnson
Conclusion
Biography
Siv Ellen Kraft is Professor of Religious Studies at the Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway.
Bjørn Ola Tafjord is Professor of Religious Studies at the Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology, UiT The Arctic Univerity of Norway.
Arkotong Longkumer is Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.
Gregory D. Alles is Professor of Religious Studies, McDaniel College, Maryland, USA.
Greg Johnson is Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
The contributors to this book, each of whom is a highly respected scholar in the field of Indigenous Religions, combine clearly articulated theoretical models with detailed descriptions of concrete cases. In the process, the authors demonstrate that the study of religion only makes sense when, as in the examples of the Indigenous societies described, generalisations are derived from empirical research on specific religious communities and then analysed according to their local historical, political and social contexts.
James L. Cox, University of Edinburgh, UK
