A phenomenology of indigenous religions : theory and practice / James L. Cox.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cox, James L. (James Leland), author.

Series:

Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies.

Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--Religion.

Indigenous peoples.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, [2022]

Summary:

"This book compiles James L. Cox's most important writings on a phenomenology of Indigenous Religions into one volume, with a new introduction and conclusion by the author. Cox has consistently exemplified phenomenological methods by applying them to his own field studies among Indigenous Religions, principally in Zimbabwe and Alaska, but also in Australia and New Zealand. Included in this collection are his articles in which he defines what he means by the category 'religion' and how this informs his precise meaning of the classification 'Indigenous Religions'. These theoretical considerations are always illustrated clearly and concisely by specific studies of Indigenous Religions and their dynamic interaction with contemporary political and social circumstances. This collection demonstrates the continued relevance of the phenomenological method in the study of religions by presenting the method as dynamic and adaptable to contemporary social contexts and as responsive to intellectual critiques of the method."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Phenomenology: Method and Application. 1. Methodological Views on African Religions ; 2. The Contribution of TGH Strehlow to the Contemporary Global Study of Indigenous Religions ; 3. Missionaries, the Phenomenology of Religion and 'Re-presenting' 19th-Century African Religion: A Case Study of Peter McKenzie's Hail Orisha!

Part II: The Phenomenological Subject and Object of Study. 4. Religious Typologies and the Postmodern Critique ; 5. African Identities as the Projection of Western Alterity ; 6. Phenomenological Perspectives on the Social Responsibility of the Scholar of Religion ; 7. The Transmission of an Authoritative Tradition: That Without Which Religion is Not Religion ; 8. Reflecting Critically on Indigenous Religions ; 9. Kinship and Location: In Defence of a Narrow Definition of Indigenous Religions

Part IV: Indigenous Religions in Global Contexts. 10. Secularizing the Land: The Impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act on Indigenous Understandings of Land ; 11. The Study of Religion and Non-religion in the Emerging Field of 'Non-religion Studies': Its Significance for Interpreting Australian Aboriginal Religions ; 12. Global Intentions and Local Conflicts: The Rise and Fall of Ambuya Juliana in Zimbabwe

Part V: Affirming Indigenous Agency. 13. The Debate between E.B. Tylor and Andrew Lang over the Theory of Primitive Monotheism: Implications for Contemporary Studies of Indigenous Religions ; 14. T.G.H. Strehlow and the Repatriation of Knowledge

Conclusion: A New Interpretation of the Phenomenology of Religion for Future Academic Studies of Indigenous Religions

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781350250734

1350250732

9781350250741

1350250740

OCLC:

1293234779