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Using a combination of Sung sources and modern ethnography, this text examines the questions: were Chinese gods celestial officials, governing the fate and fortunes of their worshippers; or were they personal beings, offering protection in exchange for reverence and sacrifice.
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Features the South Indian devotional poems that show the dramatic use of erotic language to express a religious vision. Written by men during the fifteenth to eighteenth century, the poems adopt a female voice, the voice of a courtesan addressing her customer.
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This text offers a complete critical translation and commentary for Ge Hong's (283-343 ce) "Traditions of Divine Transcendents" which gathered together the narratives of those who strove to become transcendents - deathless beings with supernormal powers - in early medieval China.
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Western students have observed that religion and magic pervade not only the forms of Tibetan art, politics, and society, but also every detail of ordinary human... Læs mere
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Christian communities flourished during late antiquity in a Zoroastrian political system, known as the Iranian... Læs mere
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Placing the social history of East Syrian Christians at the center of the Iranian imperial story, this book explains the endurance of a culturally diverse empire across four centuries.
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An exploration of the ways in which the destruction of spiritual practices and beliefs of native peoples in North America has led to conditions of collective suffering - a process sometimes referred to as cultural genocide.
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The history of relations between Japanese native institutions (Shinto shrines) and imported Buddhist institutions (Buddhist... Læs mere
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Presents a comprehensive survey of the complex indigenous religions of the Americas, both North and South.
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Rara is an annual street festival in Haiti, when followers of Vodou march into public space to take an active role in politics. Elizabeth... Læs mere
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This text provides an examination of "mizuko kuyo", a Japanese religious ritual for aborted foetuses. Popularized during the 1970s, when religious entrepreneurs... Læs mere
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Focuses on one of the most important religious centers in Africa and in the world: the Yoruba city of Ile-Ife in southwest Nigeria. This title... Læs mere