Ancient Religions Of The Austronesian World

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Ancient Religions Of The Austronesian World

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Author : Julian Baldick
language : en
Publisher: I.B. Tauris
Release Date : 2013-05-07

Ancient Religions Of The Austronesian World written by Julian Baldick and has been published by I.B. Tauris this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-07 with History categories.

Austronesia is the vast oceanic region which stretches from Madagascar to Taiwan to New Zealand. Encompassing both scattered archipelagos and major landmasses, Austronesia - derived from the Latin australis,'southern',and Greek nesos,'island' - is used primarily as a linguistic term, designating a family of languages spoken by peoples with a shared heritage. Julian Baldick, a celebrated historian of ancient religion, here argues that the diverse inhabitants of the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Guinea and Oceania show a common inheritance that extends beyond language. This commonality is found above all in mythology and ritual, which reach back to an ancient, prehistoric past. From around 1250 BCE the original proto-Oceanic speakers migrated eastwards from South-East Asia. Navigating by the sun, the stars, bird flight, the swells of the sea and cloud-swathed mountain islands, Austronesian voyagers used canoes and outriggers to settle on new territories. They developed a unified pattern of religion characterised by mortuary rites, headhunting and agrarian rituals of the annual calendar, culminating in a post-harvest festival often sexual in nature. This unique overview of Austronesian belief and tradition - the author's final book, and published posthumously - will be essential reading for students of religion, prehistory and anthropology.

Ancient Religions Of The Austronesian World

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Author : Julian Baldick
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2013-05-07

Ancient Religions Of The Austronesian World written by Julian Baldick and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-05-07 with History categories.

Austronesia is the vast oceanic region which stretches from Madagascar to Taiwan to New Zealand. Encompassing both scattered archipelagos and major landmasses, Austronesia - derived from the Latin australis,'southern',and Greek nesos,'island' - is used primarily as a linguistic term, designating a family of languages spoken by peoples with a shared heritage. Julian Baldick, a celebrated historian of ancient religion, here argues that the diverse inhabitants of the Philippines, Taiwan, Indonesia, New Guinea and Oceania show a common inheritance that extends beyond language. This commonality is found above all in mythology and ritual, which reach back to an ancient, prehistoric past. From around 1250 BCE the original proto-Oceanic speakers migrated eastwards from South-East Asia. Navigating by the sun, the stars, bird flight, the swells of the sea and cloud-swathed mountain islands, Austronesian voyagers used canoes and outriggers to settle on new territories. They developed a unified pattern of religion characterised by mortuary rites, headhunting and agrarian rituals of the annual calendar, culminating in a post-harvest festival often sexual in nature. This unique overview of Austronesian belief and tradition - the author's final book, and published posthumously - will be essential reading for students of religion, prehistory and anthropology.

The World S Religions The Religions Of Asia

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Author : Friedhelm Hardy
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2005-08-18

The World S Religions The Religions Of Asia written by Friedhelm Hardy and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-18 with History categories.

First published in 1990. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Ancient Religions Of Western Asia

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Author : Georges CONTENAU
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1959

The Ancient Religions Of Western Asia written by Georges CONTENAU and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1959 with categories.

The Austronesians

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Author : Peter Bellwood
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2006-09-01

The Austronesians written by Peter Bellwood and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-09-01 with Social Science categories.

The Austronesian-speaking population of the world are estimated to number more than 270 million people, living in a broad swathe around half the globe, from Madagascar to Easter Island and from Taiwan to New Zealand. The seventeen papers in this volume provide a general survey of these diverse populations focusing on their common origins and historical transformations. The papers examine current ideas on the linguistics, prehistory, anthropology and recorded history of the Austronesians.

Violence In Pacific Islander Traditional Religions

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Author : Garry Trompf
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2022-01-27

Violence In Pacific Islander Traditional Religions written by Garry Trompf and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-27 with Religion categories.

An Element on the role of violence in the traditional religions of the Pacific Ilands (Melanesia, Micronesia and Polynesia) and on violent activity in islander religious life after the opening of Oceania to the modern world. This work covers such issues as tribal warfare, sorcery and witchcraft, traditional punishment and gender imbalance. and moves on to consider reprisals against foreign intruders in the Pacific and the continuation of old types of violence in spite of massive socio-religious change.

Sharing The Earth Dividing The Land

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Author : Thomas Reuter
language : en
Publisher: ANU E Press
Release Date : 2006-10-01

Sharing The Earth Dividing The Land written by Thomas Reuter and has been published by ANU E Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-01 with Social Science categories.

This collection of papers is the fifth in a series of volumes on the work of the Comparative Austronesian Project. Reflecting the unique experience of fourteen ethnographers in as many different societies, the papers in this volume explore how people in the Austronesian-speaking societies of the Asia-Pacific have traditionally constructed their relationship to land and specific territories. Focused on the nexus of local and global processes, the volume offers fresh perspectives to current debate in social theory on the conflicting human tendencies of mobility and emplacement.

Ancient Religions 2

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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Ancient Religions 2 written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Collectors and collecting categories.

Summoning The Powers Beyond

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Author : Jay Dobbin
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2011-09-30

Summoning The Powers Beyond written by Jay Dobbin and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-09-30 with History categories.

Summoning the Powers Beyond collects and reconstructs the old religions of preindustrial Micronesia. It draws mostly from written sources from the turn of the nineteenth century and the period immediately after World War II: reports of the Hamburg South Sea Expedition of 1908–1910, articles by German Roman Catholic missionaries in Micronesia included in the journal Anthropos, and reports by the Coordinated Investigation of Micronesian Anthropology (CIMA) and the American Board of Commissioners of the Foreign Missions (ABCFM). A detailed introduction and an overview of Micronesian religion are followed by separate chapters detailing religion in the Chuukic-speaking islands, Pohnpei, Kosrae, the Marshall Islands, Yap, Palau, Kiribati, and Nauru. The Chamorro-speaking group of the Marianas is omitted because lengthy periods of intense military and missionary activity eradicated most of the local religion. The Polynesian outliers Nukuoro and Kapingamarangi are discussed at the end primarily to underscore the contrasts between Polynesian and Micronesian religion. In a concluding chapter, the author highlights the similarities and differences between the areas within Micronesia and then attempts an appreciation or evaluation of Micronesia religion. Finally, he addresses the evidence of a tentative hypothesis that Micronesian religion is sufficiently different from that of Polynesia and Melanesia to justify the continued claim of a separate Micronesian religion.

Merriam Webster S Encyclopedia Of World Religions

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Author : Merriam-Webster, Inc
language : en
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
Release Date : 1999

Merriam Webster S Encyclopedia Of World Religions written by Merriam-Webster, Inc and has been published by Merriam-Webster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Religion categories.

Contains 3,500 alphabetically arranged entries that provide information about various aspects of the world's religions; features thirty in-depth discussions of major religions; and includes illustrations and maps.