From Primitive to Indigenous

The Academic Study of Indigenous Religions

James L. Cox (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

206 Seiten

2017
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-138-26511-0 (ISBN)

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The academic study of Indigenous Religions developed historically from missiological and anthropological sources, but little analysis has been devoted to this classification within departments of religious studies. Evaluating this assumption in the light of case studies drawn from Zimbabwe, Alaska and shamanic traditions, and in view of current debates over 'primitivism', James Cox mounts a defence for the scholarly use of the category 'Indigenous Religions'.

James L. Cox is Professor of Religious Studies in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Academic Study of Indigenous Religions; Chapter 2 Essentialism and the World Religions Paradigm; Chapter 3 Defining ‘Indigenous’ Scientifically; Chapter 4 Towards a Socio-cultural, Non-essentialist Interpretation of Religion; Chapter 5 The Yupiit of Alaska; Chapter 6 The Adaptive Nature of Indigenous Religions in Zimbabwe; Chapter 7 Indigenous Religions and the Debate over Primitivism; Chapter 101 Afterword;

Erscheinungsdatum	01.03.2017
Reihe/Serie	Vitality of Indigenous Religions
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	453 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
ISBN-10	1-138-26511-X / 113826511X
ISBN-13	978-1-138-26511-0 / 9781138265110
Zustand	Neuware