Rituals Of Fertility And The Sacrifice Of Desire
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Rituals Of Fertility And The Sacrifice Of Desire
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Author : Carol Ann Muller
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1999
Rituals Of Fertility And The Sacrifice Of Desire written by Carol Ann Muller and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Music categories.
In this text, Muller breaks new ground in the study of this changing region and along the way she includes details of her own poignant journey, as a young, white South African woman, to the other side of a divided society.
Mystical Rites And Rituals
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1975
Mystical Rites And Rituals written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1975 with categories.
Those Who Play With Fire
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Author : Henrietta L. Moore
language : en
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Release Date : 1999
Those Who Play With Fire written by Henrietta L. Moore and has been published by Berg Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Business & Economics categories.
Whether initiating girls or healing cattle, bringing rain or protesting taxation, many in Africa share a vision of a world where the cultural, symbolic and cosmic categories of 'male' and 'female' serve, through ritual, to both reimagine and transform the world. Those Who Play With Fire introduces recent gender theory to the analysis of African ethnography, exploring the ways in which ideational gender categories permeate African systems of thought and ritual practices. Thus, the book provides a powerful framework with which to evaluate previous ethnographic material on Africa. In addition, Those Who Play With Fire presents a broad range of new case studies - of hunter-gatherers, agriculturalists and pastoralists - revealing the varied and complex ways in which African ideas and ideals of what it means to be 'male' and 'female' broadly inform and give meaning to a wide range of transformative rituals.
Reception History And Biblical Studies
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Author : Emma England
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2015-05-21
Reception History And Biblical Studies written by Emma England and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-05-21 with Religion categories.
How do we begin to carry out such a vast task-the examination of three millennia of diverse uses and influences of the biblical texts? Where can the interested scholar find information on methods and techniques applicable to the many and varied ways in which these have happened? Through a series of examples of reception history practitioners at work and of their reflections this volume sets the agenda for biblical reception, as it begins to chart the near-infinite series of complex interpretive 'events' that have been generated by the journey of the biblical texts down through the centuries. The chapters consider aspects as diverse as political and economic factors, cultural location, the discipline of Biblical Studies, and the impact of scholarly preconceptions, upon reception history. Topics covered include biblical figures and concepts, contemporary music, paintings, children's Bibles, and interpreters as diverse as Calvin, Lenin, and Nick Cave.
Shembe Ancestors And Christ
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Author : Edley J. Moodley
language : en
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Release Date : 2008-08-18
Shembe Ancestors And Christ written by Edley J. Moodley and has been published by Wipf and Stock Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-08-18 with Religion categories.
The Christian axis has shifted dramatically southward to Africa, Asia, and Latin America, so much so that today there are more Christians living in these southern regions than among their northern counterparts. In the case of Africa, the African Initiated Churches-founded by Africans and primarily for Africans-has largely contributed to the exponential growth and proliferation of the Christian faith in the continent. Yet, even more profoundly, these churches espouse a brand of Christianity that is indigenized and thoroughly contextual. Further, the power and popularity of the AICs, beyond the unprecedented numbers joining these churches, are attributed to their relevance to the existential everyday needs and concerns of their adherents in the context of a postcolonial Africa. At the heart of Christian theology is Christology-the confessed uniqueness of Christ in history and among world religions. Yet this key feature of Christianity, as with other important elements of the Christian faith, may be variously understood and re-interpreted in these indigenous churches. The focus of this study is the amaNazaretha Church, an influential religious group founded by the African charismatic prophet Isaiah Shembe in 1911 in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. The movement today claims a following of some two million adherents and has proliferated beyond the borders of South Africa to neighboring countries in Southern Africa. The book addresses the complex and at times ambivalent understanding of the person and work of Christ in the amaNazaretha Church, presenting the genesis, history, beliefs, and practices of this significant religious movement in South Africa, with broader implications for similar movements across the continent of Africa and beyond.
Encyclopedia Of New Religious Movements
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Author : Peter Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2004-03-01
Encyclopedia Of New Religious Movements written by Peter Clarke and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-03-01 with Reference categories.
New Religious Movements (NRMs) can involve vast numbers of followers and in many cases are radically changing the way people understand and practice religion and spirituality. Moreover, many are having a profound impact on the form and content of mainstream religion. The Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements provides uniquely global coverage of the phenomenon, with entries on over three-hundred movement from almost every country in the world. Coverage includes movements that derive from the major religions of the world and to neo-traditional movements, movements often overlooked in the study of NRMs. In addition to the coverage of particular movements there are also entries on topics, themes, key thinkers and key ideas, for example the New Age Movement, Neo-Paganism, New Religion and gender, NRMs and cyberspace, NRMs and the law, the Anti-Cult Movement, Swedenborg, Jung, Teilhard de Chardin, Lovelock, Gurdjieff, al-Banna, Qutb. The marked global approach and comprehensiveness of the encyclopedia enable an appreciation of the innovative energy of NRMs, of their extraordinary diversity, and the often surprising ways in which they can propagate geographically. The most ambitions publication of its sort, the Encyclopedia of New Religious Movements is a major addition to the reference literature for students and researchers of the field in religious studies and the social sciences. Entries are cross-referenced with short bibliographies for further reading. There is a full index.
Fertility Images And Icons Rites And Rituals
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1994
Fertility Images And Icons Rites And Rituals written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1994 with Fertility, Human, in art categories.
Isaiah Shembe S Hymns And The Sacred Dance In Ibandla Lamanazaretha
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Author : Nkosinathi Sithole
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2016-06-21
Isaiah Shembe S Hymns And The Sacred Dance In Ibandla Lamanazaretha written by Nkosinathi Sithole and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-06-21 with Religion categories.
In this book, Sithole explores the hymns of Isaiah Shembe as poetic texts that voice Shembe's concerns and the sacred dance as part of worship in Ibandla LamaNazaretha.
Yor B Music In The Twentieth Century
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Author : Bode Omojola
language : en
Publisher: University Rochester Press
Release Date : 2012
Yor B Music In The Twentieth Century written by Bode Omojola and has been published by University Rochester Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012 with History categories.
Drawing on extensive field research conducted over the course of two decades, Bode Omojola examines traditional and contemporary Yorùbá genres of music.
Judges
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Author : Mercedes L. García Bachmann
language : en
Publisher: Liturgical Press
Release Date : 2018-07-02
Judges written by Mercedes L. García Bachmann and has been published by Liturgical Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-07-02 with Religion categories.
A woman called blessed for killing a Canaanite general; another called “Mother in Israel” for leading troops into war; several other mothers absent when their children need them; a judge, Deborah, with a proper name and a recognized place for public counseling; a single woman, Delilah, who seduces and conquers Samson. The book of Judges features an outstanding number of women, named and unnamed, in family roles and also active in society, mostly objects of violent dealings between men. This volume looks not only at women in their traditional roles (daughter, wife, mother) but also at how society at large deals with women (and with men) in war, in strife, and sometimes in peace.