Ethnic & Tribal 5

Winner of the 2014 BP Readers Choice Award for Short Stories and Anthologies Here are some Stories (Traditional Native Legends) and some stories (personal history.) I am a professional storyteller a……続きを見る

This landmark volume compiled by Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun brings readers into the diverse world of Ifáーits discourse, ways of thinking, and artistic expression as manifested througho……続きを見る

From the 1930s the East African Revival influenced Christian expression in East Central Africa and around the globe. This book analyses influences upon the movement and changes wrought by it in Ugan……続きを見る

The historiography of African religions and religions in Africa presents a remarkable shift from the study of 'Africa as Object' to 'Africa as Subject', thus translating the subject from obscurity i……続きを見る

Ayahuasca is a psychoactive drink used for healing and divination among religious groups in the Brazilian Amazon. 'Ayahuasca, Ritual and Religion in Brazil' is the first scholarly volume in English ……続きを見る

Black theology as a discipline emerged in 1960s America, growing out of the experiences of Black people of the African Diaspora as they sought to re-interpret the central ideas of Christianity in li……続きを見る

Dish Out Some Simple Goodness Georgia Varozza, author of 99 Favorite Amish Recipes and The Homestyle Amish Kitchen Cookbook, presents 99 Favorite Amish Soups and Stews. This little cookbook is packe……続きを見る

One glaring lacuna in studies of Haitian Vodou is the scarcity of works exploring the connection between the religion and its main roots, traditional Yoruba religion. Discussions of Vodou very often……続きを見る

Throughout Haitian historyーfrom 17th century colonial Saint-Domingue to 21st century postcolonial Haitiーarguably, the Afro-Haitian religion of Vodou has been represented as an “unsettling faith” a……続きを見る

To Come to a Better Understanding analyzes the cultural encounters of the medicine men and clergy meetings held on Rosebud Reservation in St. Francis, South Dakota, from 1973 through 1978. Organized……続きを見る

In 1956, pioneering psychedelic researchers Abram Hoffer and Humphry Osmond were invited to join members of the Red Pheasant First Nation near North Battleford, Saskatchewan, to participate in a pey……続きを見る

Religio-political organisations in Zimbabwe play an important role in advocating democratisation and reconciliation, against acquiescent, silenced or co-opted mainstream churches. Reconciliation and……続きを見る

An enchanting tale of travels among South East Asia’s Sea Gypsies, scattered groups of semi-nomadic fisher people who occupy the spaces between the islands. A glance at the map of South East Asia re……続きを見る

The moral values and interpretive systems of religions are crucially involved in how people imagine the challenges of sustainability and how societies mobilize to enhance ecosystem resilience and hu……続きを見る

Love can be delightful, befuddling, disenchanting, its mists and fog clouding your sight. It can turn you inside out, leave you asking yourself “what if?” Through the lens of love and the joy of cre……続きを見る

Nature conservation planning tends to be driven by models based on Western norms and science, but these may not represent the cultural, philosophical and religious contexts of much of Asia. This boo……続きを見る

Interweaving three centuries of transatlantic religious and social history with historical and present-day ethnography, Luis Nicolau Parés traces the formation of Candomblé, one of the most influent……続きを見る

Exploring the cultural lives of African slaves in the early colonial Portuguese world, with an emphasis on the more than one million Central Africans who survived the journey to Brazil, James Sweet ……続きを見る

Anetso, a centuries-old Cherokee ball game still played today, is a vigorous, sometimes violent activity that rewards speed, strength, and agility. At the same time, it is the focus of several linke……続きを見る

Nagô Grandma and White Papa is a signal work in Brazilian anthropology and African diaspora studies originally published in Brazil in 1988. This edition makes Beatriz Gois Dantas’s historioethnograp……続きを見る

Vodou, the folk religion of Haiti, is a by–product of the contact between Roman Catholicism and African and Amerindian traditional religions. In this book, Leslie Desmangles analyzes the mythology a……続きを見る

This is an Amazon indigenous story, told by the author's Aymara grandfather in the Amazon rain forest of Brazil. It depicts daily activities and challenges in the life of a remote village along a tr……続きを見る

African immigration to North America has been rapidly increasing. Yet, little has been written about this significant group of immigrants and the particular religious traditions that they are transp……続きを見る

The ancient heartland of shamanism is no longer forbidden territory - to travelers or to the spirits. But the spirits never left the vastnesses of Siberia and Central Asia, as these writings reveal.……続きを見る

This book investigates the discursive and performative strategies employed by Australian Indigenous rappers to make sense of the world and establish a position of authority over their identity and p……続きを見る

This edition updates the scholarship on ancestor worshipーwith the addition of three new chapters. Beginning with Akan theology and ending with sacrifices, the study examines Akan conception of God,……続きを見る

Although there has been a massive increase in the volume of pilgrimage research and publications, traditional Anglophone scholarship has been dominated by research in Western Europe and North Americ……続きを見る

The Gray's Pocket Book Series are simple and easy to grasp instructions of classic Hoodoo spells and recipes. Gray's Pocket Book to Hoodoo Love Spells contains detailed instructions to get attention……続きを見る

The Gray's Pocket Book Series are simple and easy to grasp instructions of classic Hoodoo spells and recipes. Gray's Pocket Book of Hoodoo Protection Spells contains detailed instructions to protect……続きを見る

The Gray's Pocket Book Series are simple and easy to grasp instructions of classic Hoodoo spells and recipes. Gray's Pocket Book of Hoodoo Wealth Spells is a collection of Hoodoo spells and charms t……続きを見る