Religious categories and the construction of the Indigenous / edited by Christopher Hartney, Daniel J. Tower.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Hartney, Christopher, editor.

Tower, Daniel, editor.

Series:

Supplements to Method & theory in the study of religion ; Volume 7.

Supplements to Method & Theory in the Study of Religion, 2214-3270 ; Volume 7

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Religion.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (248 pages) : illustrations, photographs.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2017.

Summary:

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 problematic topic of how indigenous 'religion' can be defined and conceptualised. Constructing the Indigenous highlights the central issues in the debate between those supporting and refining current academic frameworks and those who would argue that present thinking remains too dependant on misunderstandings that arise from definitions of religion that are too inflexible, and from problems caused by the World Religion paradigm. This book will prove essential reading for those that wish to engage with contemporary discussions regarding the definitions of religion and their relations to the indigenous category.

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-32898-X

OCLC:

966671501

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004328983 DOI