Tribal Religions

Native American Myths is a wide-ranging examination of mythology among the First Nations people in Canada and the USA, featuring examples from Apac...

African grassroots theologies and churches are expressions of the faith, spirituality, and praxis of African Christians who seek to articulate and ...

African grassroots theologies and churches are expressions of the faith, spirituality, and praxis of African Christians who seek to articulate and ...

This volume explores current methodological developments in the interpretation of the Bible from an African perspective. Previous scholarship has e...

This book seeks to contribute to reflections done on the gender equality agenda by combing through oral and written resources to unearth and docume...

Vodou has often served as a scapegoat for Haiti's problems, from political upheavals to natural disasters. This tradition of scapegoating stretches...

We cannot, the author argues, adequately understand the religious imagination without knowing the historical, social, and cultural matrices from wh...

The traditions of oral ritual speech in the Himalayas have a lively existence alongside the written great traditions that predominate. However, as ...

This unique book is the only fully interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of the Australian desert and its pivotal role in the cultural history ...

This unique book is the only fully interdisciplinary and comprehensive study of the Australian desert and its pivotal role in the cultural history ...

This book makes a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, by reflecting on their output. Deviating from the widespread phe...

Paganism in Europe was not defeated by Christianity: it never went away. From the fourth century to the twentieth, against the background of a larg...

In the mid-2000s, Russia's government began to merge autonomous regions (okrugs), including the two regions held by its largest indigenous populati...

In the mid-2000s, Russia's government began to merge autonomous regions (okrugs), including the two regions held by its largest indigenous populati...

Vodou is among the most misunderstood and maligned of the world's religions. Mama Lola shatters the stereotypes by offering an intimate portrait of...

ILBIJERRI Theatre Company is Australia's longest established First Nations theatre company, producing powerful works for over 30 years. This open a...

This handbook explores the diversity of religious practice in tribal cultures in India. It looks at the interactive spaces where the religious prac...

This concise and accessible textbook introduces students to the anthropological study of religion. It examines religious expression from a cross-cu...

In a study that challenges familiar Western modes of thought, Jacob K. Olupona focuses on one of the most important religious centers in Africa and...

In a study that challenges familiar Western modes of thought, Jacob K. Olupona focuses on one of the most important religious centers in Africa and...

According to the ancient Greek geographer Ptolemy, the Parisi tribe occupied the area of the present-day East Riding of Yorkshire during the Roman ...

In 2011, Trinidad declared a state of emergency. This massive state intervention lasted for 108 days and led to the rounding up of over 7,000 peopl...