Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs

The Emirate of Kuwait hardly resembles the city-State it was at the start of the 20th century.

Documentation of various facets of tribal social reality is very much essential before they are totally eclipsed by the rapid process of globalization of the world economy.

A tribe viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states, though some modem theorists hold that contemporary tribes can only be understood in terms of their relationship to states.

This volume explores the ethical and philosophical paradigms presented by most of the influential Matriarchs of the Circle of African Women Theologians.

This volume reveals how religion interfaces with inequality in different African contexts.

Aspects of the 2017 Final Report of the South African Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Cultural, Religious and Linguistic Communities (CRL) have drawn strong criticism, particularly from South African scholars, politicians and the public.

The remarkably accurate original translations of Native American myths from one of 19th-century America's foremost linguists.

Reform, Identity and Narratives of Belonging focuses on the Heraka, a religious reform movement, and its impact on the Zeme, a Naga tribe, in the North Cachar Hills of Assam, India.

Chingboi Guite Phaipi examines how biblical texts reinforced female subjugation in Northeast Indian tribal societies after tribes had accepted Christianity in the early 20th century.

Searching for Africa in Brazil is a learned exploration of tradition and change in Afro-Brazilian religions.

This comprehensive Handbook provides chapter length surveys of the history of Christian missions and Christian churches on the African continent since the time of Christ.

Shamanism has always been of great interest to anthropologists.

This book elaborates the pioneer work on Didayis, a primitive Tribal Group of Orissa leading a semi-nomadic life within the hill range of Kondakamberu and valley of Machhkund river in an inaccessible Eastern Ghat of Malkangiri District after the construction of the Balimela Hydro Electric Project when the Didayi land was submerged under the water which consequently resulted in the migration of people into so-called as plain, hilltop and cut off sectors.

In an era in which "resistance" has become tokenized, popular Indigenous author Kaitlin B.

The book Globalization: The Missing Roads of Tribal's is an outcome of sincere efforts of the author who has taken keen pain to edit twenty eight articles of descriptive, explanatory, exploratory, analytical and theoretical nature written by scholars of national and international repute.

This book addresses the relationship between religion, climate change, and food security in Africa.

This book explores the multifaceted realities of religious conversion, challenging conventional notions of faith, identity, and change.

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

How might we envision animism through the lens of the anthropology of anthropology ?

This volume explores the multiple meanings and implications of lobola in Southern Africa.

A tribe viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states, though some modem theorists hold that contemporary tribes can only be understood in terms of their relationship to states.

A tribe viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states, though some modem theorists hold that contemporary tribes can only be understood in terms of their relationship to states.

Although there is growing interest in the role of religion in meeting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), Agenda 2030, very few studies have focused on the contributions of interfaith networks.

This book and accompanying compact disc provide a rare excursion in the innovative ways a community of Haitian migrants to South Florida has maintained religious traditions and familial connections.

The book is about Ubuntu-loosely translated-I am because we are-or, our common humanity in Zulu, about Unity, and global solidarity.

Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the presence of Christianity on Areruya, an indigenous religious movement practiced by the Ingarik in Northern Amazonia.

This collection focuses on the role of religious leaders and religious institutions in supporting or resisting the democratization process in Zimbabwe.

This collection focuses on the role of religious leaders and religious institutions in supporting or resisting the democratization process in Zimbabwe.

Storytracking is a work of theory and application.

From its genesis in 1921, Kimbanguism has constituted one of the most fascinating socio-cultural movements of the Kongo region.

This volume explores the multiple meanings and implications of lobola in Southern Africa.

'A wonderful debut by a talented and exciting young historian' Peter Frankopan'Simultaneously capacious and personal.

This volume reveals how religion interfaces with inequality in different African contexts.

This book, containing 19 papers, presented at a national seminar, organized by the Rajiv Gandhi Chair in Contemporary Studies, Barkatullah University, Bhopal, attempts to take stock of the status of tribal development in India since independence.

The United States is currently undergoing the most rapid demographic shift in its history.

The Wana people of Morowali accept the experiences of pain, illness and loss and transform them into something positive: rituals that celebrate life, friendship and the community.

A tribe viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states, though some modem theorists hold that contemporary tribes can only be understood in terms of their relationship to states.

The largest religion begun, organized, and directed by and for Native Americans, Peyotism includes the use of peyote in its ceremonies.

"e;Do not begrudge the white man his presence on this land.

A tribe viewed historically or developmentally, consists of a social group existing before the development of, or outside of, states, though some modem theorists hold that contemporary tribes can only be understood in terms of their relationship to states.

How do white people handle their own dominance while striving for racial reconciliation in a concrete church context in Cape Town?

This volume brings to the fore the interface of religion, women's sexual reproductive health and rights (SRHR), and the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in Zimbabwe.

This major new study of the African origins of African-American forms of worship is based on extensive fieldwork in black Baptist churches in rural Texas.

In this wide-ranging book Paul Christopher Johnson explores the changing, hidden face of the Afro-Brazilian indigenous religion of Candombl?

Santeria, also known as Yoruba, Lukumi, or Orisha, was originally brought to the Americas from Africa by enslaved peoples destined for the Caribbean and South America.

Although African scholars have made a significant contribution to the study of African Pentecostalism, very few studies have reflected on their output.