Ethnic & Tribal 9

Religions in Contemporary Africa is an accessible and comprehensive introduction to the three main religious traditions on the African continent, African indigenous religions, Christianity and Islam……続きを見る

This book explores representations of Obeah – a name used in the English/Creole-speaking Caribbean to describe various African-derived, syncretic Caribbean religious practices – across a range of pr……続きを見る

Native Americans practice some of America's most spiritually profound, historically resilient, and ethically demanding religions. Joel Martin draws his narrative from folk stories, rituals, and even……続きを見る

Elusive Belonging examines the post-migration experiences of Filipina marriage immigrants in rural South Korea. Marriage migrationーcrossing national borders for marriageーhas attracted significant ……続きを見る

The world has not been fair to the Native Americans, to the extent that they were treated with violence. But the blood in their past only fueled the passion to show the world that they could be so m……続きを見る

Would you like to know more about the Native Americans? Then here’s a huge learning resource for you! It includes books that discuss the different tribes, what their societies are like, as well as t……続きを見る

The Native American Indians are the group of people that were already in America even before it was discovered by Christopher Columbus. As a people, they had their own culture, traditions, language ……続きを見る

Tourists to Ouidah, a city on the coast of the Republic of Bénin, in West Africa, typically visit a few well-known sites of significance to the Vodún religionーthe Python Temple, where Dangbé, the p……続きを見る

Indigenous, Modern and Postcolonial Relations to Nature contributes to the young field of intercultural philosophy by introducing the perspective of critical and postcolonial thinkers who have focus……続きを見る

Take a step back in time to the origins of Japan's creation mythーtold here for the very first time in illustrated form. In the beginning there was nothingーa void. Then the heavens and the earth to……続きを見る

This book reinterprets Wifredo Lam’s work with particular attention to its political implications, focusing on how these implications emerge from the artist’s critical engagement with 20th-century a……続きを見る

Was slavery just a random grabbing of black people from Africa or were certain people targeted for slavery by Europeans? There is a lot that we're not being told about slavery, and for some strange ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1978 Spirit Possession and Spirit Mediumship in Africa and Afro-America is an incredibly diverse and comprehensive bibliography on published works containing ethnographic dat……続きを見る

Was slavery just a random grabbing of black people from Africa or were certain people targeted for slavery by Europeans? There is a lot that we're not being told about slavery, and for some strange ……続きを見る

What does the Bible have to say about strange creatures usually only found in the pages of mythology? One of the most fascinating parts of reading the Bible is when we en-counter strange creatures t……続きを見る

O que a Bíblia diz sobre o sacrifício humano? O assunto do sacrifício humano é um tabu, mesmo entre as culturas que se dedicam à prática. É ainda mais chocante quando nos deparamos com as páginas da……続きを見る

Did you know that most of the people chosen by God in the Bible, had some of the worst behavior imaginable? Everything that is done in the dark will eventually come to the light. When we exhibit bad……続きを見る

Even though her popularity suggests otherwise, she is only mentioned in 12 verses in the Bible. Many of us think we know who she is and what her role was, but how much of it is based on scripture an……続きを見る

Was sagt die Bibel über Frauen in Führungspositionen? Es gibt einige, die glauben, dass die einzige Rolle einer Frau darin besteht, still in der Kirche zu sitzen, aber das war nicht immer der Fall. ……続きを見る

The Bektashi dervish order is a Sufi Alevite sect found in Anatolia and the Balkans with a strong presence in Albania. In this, his final book, Robert Elsie analyses the Albanian Bektashi and consid……続きを見る

In The Postsecular Sacred: Jung, Soul and Meaning in an Age of Change, David Tacey presents a unique psychological study of the postsecular, adding a Jungian perspective to a debate shaped by sociol……続きを見る

"Omens and Superstitions of Southern India" (1912) deals mainly with some aspects of what may be termed the psychical life of the inhabitants of the Madras Presidency, and the Native States of Trava……続きを見る

Breaking from previous scholarship on Korean shamanism, which focuses on mansin of mainland Korea, The Shaman’s Wages offers the first in-depth study of simbang, hereditary shamans on Cheju Island o……続きを見る

Contextualizing Eschatology in African Cultural and Religious Beliefs addresses the African consciousness and nuances of eschatological beliefs as part and parcel of the holistic African Indigenous ……続きを見る

The Kaleidoscopic Vision of Malcolm Lowry: Souls and Shamans is an interdisciplinary investigation of the multifaceted, intuitive insight of international modernist writer Malcolm Lowry through an a……続きを見る

Many observers of Kenya’s complicated history see causes for concern, from the use of public office for private gain to a constitutional structure historically lopsided towards the executive branch.……続きを見る

"Haití fue el primer país americano en obtener su independencia y el primero que abolió la esclavitud. Tiene una historia fascinante (y sangrienta), además de un interesante patrimonio cultural y na……続きを見る

By exploring how the religious beliefs, scientific knowledge, and social surroundings of African-American sufferers of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) impacts their understanding of the condition, t……続きを見る

Todo lo que se hace en la oscuridad eventualmente saldrá a la luz. Cuando exhibimos un mal comportamiento, a menudo nos avergonzamos incluso en privado. Algunos tratarán de ocultar lo que han hecho ……続きを見る

What does the Bible say about women in leadership positions? There are some that believe that a woman's only role is to sit silent in the church, but that has not always been the case. Throughout th……続きを見る