Religious categories and the construction of the indigenous /

This volume significantly advances the academic debate surrounding the taxonomy and the categorisation of 'indigenous religion'. Developing approaches from leading scholars in the field, this edited volume provides the space for established and rising voices to discuss the highly problemat...

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Other Authors: Hartney, Christopher.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion 7.
Religious Studies, Theology and Philosophy E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303942.

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Call Number: BL380 .R45 2016

Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material /
  • Christopher Hartney and Daniel J. Tower
  • Indigenous Religion: Its Validity and Problematics /
  • Christopher Hartney and Daniel J. Tower
  • Reflections on Indigeneity and Religion /
  • Garry W. Trompf
  • Kinship and Location: In Defence of a Narrow Definition of Indigenous Religions /
  • James L. Cox
  • Against 'Indigenous Religions': A Problematic Category that Reinforces the World Religions Paradigm /
  • Jack Tsonis
  • Performing Indigeneity and Performing Guesthood /
  • Graham Harvey
  • You Can't Escape Your Origins: Exegeting the Jukurrpa in Warlpiri Christianity and the Struggle Over Indigeneity /
  • Steve Bevis
  • The Sufism of Iran: Regional Indigeneity and Islamic Mysticism /
  • Milad Milani
  • Scales, Translations, and Siding Effects: Uses of indígena and religión in Talamanca and Beyond /
  • Bjørn Ola Tafjord
  • The Long Road Home: Indigenous Assyrian Christians of Iraq and the Politicisation of the Diaspora /
  • Daniel J. Tower
  • Indigenous or Non-Indigenous: Who Benefits from Narrow Definitions of Religion? /
  • Christopher Hartney
  • Index /
  • Christopher Hartney and Daniel J. Tower.