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A01=Howard Morphy
Aboriginal beliefs
Aboriginal Religion
alice
Alice Springs
Ancestor Spirits
anthropological perspectives
arnhem
Arnhem Land
Australian Aboriginal religions
Author_Francoise Dussart
Author_Howard Morphy
Cape York Peninsula
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Christianity
contemporary indigenous religious practices
Coronation Hill
cultural continuity
Doreen Kartinyeri
Elcho Island
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hindmarsh
Hindmarsh Island
Hindmarsh Island Bridge
indigenous cosmology
island
kinship systems
land
ngarrindjeri
Ngarrindjeri Women
Northeast Arnhem Land
rainbow
Rainbow Serpent
Residential Kin Group
ritual law
ritual practice
sacred geography
Secret Women's Knowledge
Secret Women’s Knowledge
serpent
springs
Traditional Aboriginal Owners
Western Arnhem Land
Western Cape York Peninsula
women
Women's Business
Women's Ceremonies
Women's Museum
Women’s Business
Women’s Ceremonies
Women’s Museum
Yarralin People
Yolngu Art
Yolngu People
Yolngu Women
Young Men
Product details
- ISBN 9780754651284
- Weight: 772g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 29 Mar 2005
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Over the last 25 years there has been an explosion of interest in the Aboriginal religions of Australia and this anthology provides a variety of recent writings, by a wide range of scholars. Australian Aboriginal Religions are probably the oldest extant religious systems. Over some 50,000 years they have coped with change and re-invented themselves in an astonishingly creative way. The Dreaming, the mythical time when the Ancestor Spirits shaped the territories of the Aborigines and laid down a moral and ritual law for their occupants, is the fundamental religious reality. It is the basis of the Aborigines's view of their land or country, kinship relationships, ritual and art. However, the Dreaming is not a static principle since it is interpreted in different ways, as in the extraordinary movement in contemporary indigenous painting, and in attempts at an accommodation with Christianity. The contributions of anthropologists, cultural historians, philosophers of religion and others are included in this anthology which not only guides readers through the literature but also ensures this still largely inaccessible material is available to a wider range of readers and non-specialist students and academics.
Emeritus Professor Max Charlesworth, University of Melbourne and Deakin University, Australia, Associate Professor Françoise Dussart, University of Connecticut, USA and Professor Howard Morphy, Director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
