How have the Aluni Valley Duna people of Papua New Guinea responded to the challenges of colonial and post-colonial changes that have entered their lifeworld since the middle of the Twentieth-Century? Living in a corner of the world influenced by mining companies but relatively neglected in terms of government-sponsored development, these people have dealt creatively with forces of change by redeploying their own mythological themes about the cosmos in order to make claims on outside corporations and by subtly combining features of their customary practices with forms of Christianity,...
How have the Aluni Valley Duna people of Papua New Guinea responded to the challenges of colonial and post-colonial changes that have entered their li...
Poetry. These are poems about living close to nature on a remote farm, accompanied by large animals, Tibetan Buddhists, and a spouse. The book focuses on relationships--spiritual as well as physical, with nature as well as with other humans. "It's wonderful to have new poems by Jody Stewart, deeply internal and intensely lyrical, while at the same time stitched with the thread of myth, storytelling and country lore. These are sensuous, wise, and consoling poems"--Tony Hoagland.
Poetry. These are poems about living close to nature on a remote farm, accompanied by large animals, Tibetan Buddhists, and a spouse. The book focuses...
Ritual has emerged as a major focus of academic interest. As a concept, the idea of ritual integrates the study of behavior both within and beyond the domain of religion. Ritual can be both secular and religious in character. There is renewed interest in questions such as: Why do rituals exist at all? What has been, and continues to be, their place in society? How do they change over time? Such questions exist against a backdrop of assumptions about development, modernization, and disenchantment of the world.
Written with the specific needs of students of religious studies in mind,...
Ritual has emerged as a major focus of academic interest. As a concept, the idea of ritual integrates the study of behavior both within and beyond ...
In small town Hamilton, Texas, things are not as peaceful as they seem when a set of big city teenage twins meet up with a teenage ghost hunter who's grandmother is the president of the town spiritualist society
In small town Hamilton, Texas, things are not as peaceful as they seem when a set of big city teenage twins meet up with a teenage ghost hunter who's ...
In small town Hamilton, Texas, things are not as peaceful as they seem when a set of big city teenage twins meet up with a teenage ghost hunter who's grandmother is the president of the town spiritualist society
In small town Hamilton, Texas, things are not as peaceful as they seem when a set of big city teenage twins meet up with a teenage ghost hunter who's ...
