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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: 0945454317     ISBN-13: 9780945454311
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: November 2001
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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.

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BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Comparative Religion
Dewey: 291.211
LCCN: 2001037290
Series: Religions of the World (Harvard)
Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.4" W x 9.34" L (1.23 lbs) 271 pages
 
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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 civilisations. 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 colonisation.
 
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