Handbook of indigenous religion(s)

Johnson, Greg, 1971- (editor.).

Summary: Extremely distant and distinct indigenous communities have over recent decades become more like themselves and more like each other? a paradox prevalent globally but inadequately explained by established analytical frames, particularly with regard to religion. Addressing this rich and unfolding context, the 'Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s)' engages a wide variety of locations and perspectives. Drawing upon the efforts of a diverse group of scholars working at the intersection of indigenous studies and religious studies, this volume includes a programmatic introduction that argues for new ways of conceptualizing the field of indigenous religion(s), numerous case study-based examples, and an Afterword by Thomas Tweed.

Record details

ISBN: 9789004346697
ISBN: 9004346694
ISBN: 9789004346710
ISBN: 9004346716
Physical Description: print
regular print
x, 408 pages ; 25 cm
Publisher: Leiden ; Brill, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Towards a typology of academic uses of 'indigenous religion(s)', or eight (or nine) language games that scholars play with this phrase -- Religion as peoplehood : Native American religious traditions and the discourse of indigenous rights -- U.N.--discourse on indigenous religion -- Indigenous feature film : a pathway for indigenous religion? -- Sounds indigenous : negotiating identity in an era of world music -- Not real Christians? on the relation between Christianity and indigenous religions in Amazonia and beyond -- Timing indigenous culture and religion : tales of conversion and ecological salvation from the Amazon -- Materializing and performing Hawaiian religion(s) on Mauna Kea -- Becoming human : 'urban Indian' decolonization and regeneration in the land of enchantment -- Global indigeneity and local Christianity : performing O'odham identity in the present -- Spiritual, not religious ; dene, not indigenous -- Unsettled natives in the Newfoundland imaginary -- The Shamanic festival Isogaisa (Norway) : religious meaning-making in the present -- Are Adivasis indigenous? -- Is Hinduism the world's largest indigenous religion? -- Literacy as advocacy in the Donyipolo movement of Northeast India -- Ethnographies returned : the mobilization of ethnographies and the politicization of indigeneity in Ifugao, the Philippines -- The beginning of a long journey : maintaining and reviving the ancestral religion among the Ainu in Japan -- Replacing 'religion' with indigenous spirit : grounding Australian indigenous identity in wider worlds -- Of ruins and revival : heritage formation and Khoisan indigenous identity in post-apartheid South Africa -- Global intentions and local conflicts : the rise and fall of Ambuya Juliana in Zimbabwe.