Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs

Amazonia and Siberia, classic regions of shamanism, have long challenged western understandings of man s place in the world.

The First Great Awakening was a time of heightened religious activity in the colonial New England.

The present book is an outcome of the in-depth study of the backward communities and backward classes in India through the primary and secondary sources.

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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.

Eid looks at the significance of religion to ethnic identity building, a largely understudied issue in ethnic studies, and the extent to which social and cultural practices are structured along ethnic and religious lines.

This is the most complete version of the Navajo creation story to appear in English since Washington Matthews' Navajo Legends of 1847.

This book explores the symbiotic relationship that exists between African spirituality and ethics.

The Series-Contemporary Society: Tribal Studies-is an ongoing project.

White settlers saw land for the taking.

First Published in 2000.

The societies of the Vaupes region are now among the most documented indigenous cultures of the New World, in part because they are thought to resemble earlier civilizations lost during initial colonial conflict.

Three flags fly in the palace courtyard of Oyotunji African Village.

Native Americans and Canadians are largely romanticised or sidelined figures in modern society.

“The wisdom of cultures that live harmoniously with nature spoken through the heart and mind of a true gnostic intermediary.

The book is set in the anthropologically much-neglected multi-ethnic interior of Highland Middle India.

Zimbabwe has invested in women's emancipation and leadership while articulating a strong Pan-Africanist ideology, providing a valuable entry point into understanding the dynamics relating to women's leadership in Africa.

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

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, 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.

Waking Up to God's Missionary CallIn the pages of this book, Rev.

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

Zimbabwe has invested in women's emancipation and leadership while articulating a strong Pan-Africanist ideology, providing a valuable entry point into understanding the dynamics relating to women's leadership in Africa.

A classic question in studies of ritual is how ritual performances achieve-or fail to achieve-their effects.

This is a book of reading on religion and culture in Africa comprising ten papers by experts in religion and cultural matters and an introductory note by the editor himself.

Nigerian Gods is an enlightening and sobering review of the impact of the introduction of the three main Abrahamic religions on Nigeria's traditional religions, culture and way of life, viewed through the prism of its eleven largest and two of the smallest ethnic groups.

The sacred texts of Ifa, repository of the accumulated wisdom of countless generations of Yoruba people, are an invaluable source not only for all students of African oral literature and Yoruba civilization, but also for future generations interested in the continuing vitality of Ifa divination and a Yoruba way of life and thought.

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

The present book is an outcome of the in-depth study of the backward communities and backward classes in India through the primary and secondary sources.

Drawn from the great works of contemporary American nature writing, this profound and beautiful collection celebrates the earth and explores our spiritual relationship with nature.

American Indian tribes have long been recognized as "e;domestic, dependent nations"e; within the United States, with powers of self-government that operate within the tribes' sovereign territories.

The First Great Awakening was a time of heightened religious activity in the colonial New England.

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between prophecy and politics in South African Pentecostalism.

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Discover the secrets of animal totems and their sacred, transformative powers.

A guide to the indigenous healing modality of Lomilomi from a native Hawaiian shaman, includes practical exercises for mental and physical wellness.

This book is an interdisciplinary study of the relationship between prophecy and politics in South African Pentecostalism.

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

This compilation represents a labour of love to describe a tribal culture before it is lost in an ethnocide, which threatens our tribal peoples today more than ever.

This volume contains insightful essays on significant spiritual moments in eight different Native American cultures: Absaroke/Crow, Creek/Muskogee, Lakota, Mescalero Apache Navajo, Tlingit, Yup'ik, and Yurok.

This book is the first in-depth study of the lived experiences of queer Christian clergy in an African context.

This book seeks to contribute to reflections done on the gender equality agenda by combing through oral and written resources to unearth and document heroic displays of leadership by women of Africa in general and of Southern Africa in particular, that remain hidden under the rubble of Eurocentric, colonial and African patriarchal archive and hegemony.

This book addresses the phenomenon of rumors about the occult in contemporary Ghanaian politics.

First Published in 2000.

In this collection of illuminating conversations, renowned historian of world religions Huston Smith invites ten influential American Indian spiritual and political leaders to talk about their five-hundred-year struggle for religious freedom.

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

This book provides an interdisciplinary exploration of the challenges faced by pastoral ministry in South African Pentecostalism as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as some interventions being made to manage these challenges.