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Islamic Narrative and Authority in Southeast Asia
From the 16th to the 21st Century
Av T. Gibson
Häftad, 2010
634 kr
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This is a literary and anthropological analysis of historical narratives that illuminate regional notions of cosmological kingship, cosmopolitan notions of Islamic law and mysticism, and global notions of the modern bureaucratic state. These notions have coexisted in Southeast Asia since the …
Shamans, Spirituality, and Cultural Revitalization
Explorations in Siberia and Beyond
Av M. Balzer
Inbunden, 2011
551 kr
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Many voices clamor to be heard in debates about whether shamans cure, and whether shamanic spirituality is worth continuing or recovering in the twenty-first century. This book provides newinsights into the fascinating resurgence of shamanism through an exploration of the politicalrepression of …
Direct Sales and Direct Faith in Latin America
Av P. Cahn
Inbunden, 2011
551 kr
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Since 1990, direct sales have attracted over two million recruits in Mexico and are characterized by a belief in the power of positive thinking. Through an ethnographic portrait, Peter S. Cahn demonstrates that the quasi-religious commission of self-empowerment accounts for the explosive growth of …
Halal Frontier
Muslim Consumers in a Globalized Market
Av J. Fischer
Inbunden, 2011
1095 kr
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In The Halal Frontier Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade and consumption, but part of an expanding globalised market. This book explores modern forms of halal understanding and practice in the halal …
Halal Frontier
Muslim Consumers in a Globalized Market
Av J. Fischer
Häftad, 2011
1095 kr
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In The Halal Frontier Johan Fischer shows that halal (literally lawful or permitted) is no longer an expression of esoteric forms of production, trade and consumption, but part of an expanding globalised market. This book explores modern forms of halal understanding and practice in the halal …
Spirits without Borders
Vietnamese Spirit Mediums in a Transnational Age
Av K. Fjelstad, N. Hien
Inbunden, 2011
551 kr
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Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual. The work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again and the impact of ritual transnationalism in …
Faith in Objects
American Missionary Expositions in the Early Twentieth Century
Av E. Hasinoff
Inbunden, 2011
551 kr
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Hasinoff brings the untold history of the World in Boston of 1911, 'America's First Great Missionary Exposition,' to light, focusing on how the material culture of missions shaped domestic interactions with evangelism, Christianity, and the consumption of ethnological knowledge.
Christianity of Culture
Conversion, Ethnic Citizenship, and the Matter of Religion in Malaysian Borneo
Av L. Chua
Inbunden, 2011
986 kr
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In this richly contextualized study, Liana Chua explores how a largely Christian Bidayuh community has been reconfiguring its relationship to its old animist rituals through the trope and politics of "culture." Placing her ethnography in dialogue with developments in the nascent anthropology of …
Questioning French Secularism
Gender Politics and Islam in a Parisian Suburb
Inbunden, 2012
551 kr
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Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, this book examines how contemporary secularism in France is positioned as a guarantor of women’s rights. Selby argues that the complex “fetishization” of headscarves in public, governmental, and feminist French discourse positions publicly-visible Muslim …
Communitas
The Anthropology of Collective Joy
Av E. Turner
Inbunden, 2012
551 kr
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Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless …
Communitas
The Anthropology of Collective Joy
Av E. Turner
Häftad, 2012
605 kr
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Communitas is inspired fellowship; a group's pleasure in sharing common experiences; being 'in the zone' - as in music, sport, and work; the sense felt by a group when their life together takes on full meaning. The experience of communitas, almost beyond strict definition and with almost endless …
Language, Charisma, and Creativity
Ritual Life in the Catholic Charismatic Renewal
Av T. Csordas
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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Thomas Csordas's eloquent analysis of the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, part of the contemporary cultural and media phenomenon known as conservative Christianity, embraces one of the primary charges of anthropology as a discipline: to stimulate critical reflection by making the exotic seem familiar …
Evangelicalism and Conflict in Northern Ireland
Av G. Ganiel
Inbunden, 2008
551 kr
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This innovative book explores the role of evangelical religion in the conflict in Northern Ireland, including how it may contribute to a peaceful political transition. Ganiel offers an original perspective on the role of a 'strong' religion in conflict transformation, and the misunderstood role of …
Christianity in the Local Context
Southern Baptists in the Philippines
Av B. Howell
Inbunden, 2008
551 kr
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In three congregations, representing three distinct social locations, Howell goes beneath the surface to argue that even with these Western forms, these Filipino Baptists are actively constructing themselves and the locality itself in terms of this global faith they have made their own.
Missions and Conversions
Creating the Montagnard-Dega Refugee Community
Av T. Pearson
Inbunden, 2009
551 kr
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This study offers a fresh reading of religious conversion by analyzing a variety of "missionaries" that sought to influence the Montagnard-Dega refugee. Thomas Pearson uses ethnographic and archival research to tell the story of cross-cultural contact in the highlands during the Vietnam War, …
After the Rescue
Jewish Identity and Community in Contemporary Denmark
Av A. Buckser
Inbunden, 2003
551 kr
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In October of 1943, the Danish resistance rescued almost all of the Jews in Copenhagen from roundups by the occupying Nazis. In the years since, Jews have become deeply engaged in a Danish culture that presents very few barriers of antisemitism or prejudice. This book explores the questions that …
Body, Meaning, Healing
Av T. Csordas
Inbunden, 2002
1095 kr
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Exactly where is the common ground between religion and medicine in phenomena described as 'religious healing?' In what sense is the human body a cultural phenomenon and not merely a biological entity? Drawing on over twenty years of research on topics ranging from Navajo and Catholic Charismatic …
Body, Meaning, Healing
Av T. Csordas
Häftad, 2002
1095 kr
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Exactly where is the common ground between religion and medicine in phenomena described as 'religious healing?' In what sense is the human body a cultural phenomenon and not merely a biological entity? Drawing on over twenty years of research on topics ranging from Navajo and Catholic Charismatic …
Shamans, Spirituality, and Cultural Revitalization
Explorations in Siberia and Beyond
Av M. Balzer
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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Many voices clamor to be heard in debates about whether shamans cure, and whether shamanic spirituality is worth continuing or recovering in the twenty-first century. This book provides newinsights into the fascinating resurgence of shamanism through an exploration of the politicalrepression of …
Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan
The Red Wind of Sennar
Inbunden, 2012
551 kr
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This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar , spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery.
Spirits without Borders
Vietnamese Spirit Mediums in a Transnational Age
Av K. Fjelstad, N. Hien
Häftad, 2012
551 kr
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Spirits without Borders is an ethnographic study of the transnational and multicultural expansion of Vietnam's Mother Goddess Religion and its spirit possession ritual. The work explores how and why the ritual spread from Vietnam to the US and back again and the impact of ritual transnationalism in …
Anthropology of Protestantism
Faith and Crisis among Scottish Fishermen
Inbunden, 2013
551 kr
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Through his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies.
Anthropology of Religious Charisma
Ecstasies and Institutions
Av C. Lindholm
Inbunden, 2013
551 kr
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According to Max Weber, charisma is opposed to bureaucratic order. This collection reveals the limits of that formula. The contributors show how charisma is a part of cultural frameworks while retaining its ecstatic character among American and Italian Catholics, Syrian Sufis, Taiwanese Buddhists, …
Buddhism, International Relief Work, and Civil Society
Av H. Kawanami, G. Samuel
Inbunden, 2013
551 kr
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Natural disasters in Asian countries have brought global attention to the work of local Buddhist communities and groups. Here, the contributors examine local Buddhist communities and international Buddhist organizations engaged in a variety of relief work in countries including India, Thailand, Sri …
Hierarchy and Pluralism
Living Religious Difference in Catholic Poland
Av A. Pasieka
Inbunden, 2015
1095 kr
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What is the place of pluralism in the context of a dominant religion? How does the perception of religion as “tradition” and “culture” affect pluralism? Why do minorities’ demands for recognition often transform into exclusion? Through her ethnography of a multireligious community in rural Poland, …
Building Noah’s Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities
Av Jin-Heon Jung, Alexander Horstmann m. fl.
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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Building Noah's Ark for Migrants, Refugees, and Religious Communities examines religion within the framework of refugee studies as a public good, with the spiritual and material use of religion shedding new light on the agency of refugees in reconstructing their lives and positioning themselves in …
Anthropology of Protestantism
Faith and Crisis among Scottish Fishermen
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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Through his ethnographic study of the fishermen and their religious beliefs, Webster speaks to larger debates about religious radicalism, materiality, economy, language, and the symbolic. These debates also call into question assumptions about the decline of religion in modern industrial societies.
Spirits and Slaves in Central Sudan
The Red Wind of Sennar
Häftad, 2015
551 kr
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This historical ethnography from Central Sudan explores the century-old intertwining of zar , spirit possession, with past lives of ex-slaves and shows that, despite very different social and cultural contexts, zar has continued to be shaped by the experience of slavery.
Talk about Prayer
An Ethnographic Commentary
Inbunden, 2015
551 kr
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Talk about Prayer is an experiment in writing ethnography, a commentary on a conversation with Mama Régine Tshitanda, the leader of a Charismatic prayer group (groupe de prière) in Lubumbashi (Katanga, Democratic Republic of the Congo) and members of her family in 1986.
Direct Sales and Direct Faith in Latin America
Av P. Cahn
Häftad, 2011
551 kr
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Since 1990, direct sales have attracted over two million recruits in Mexico and are characterized by a belief in the power of positive thinking. Through an ethnographic portrait, Peter S. Cahn demonstrates that the quasi-religious commission of self-empowerment accounts for the explosive growth of …
