Becoming sinners [[electronic resource] ] : Christianity and moral torment in a Papua New Guinea society / / by Joel Robbins |
Autore | Robbins Joel <1961-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, Calif., : University of California Press, c2004 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (413 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6/09957/7 |
Collana | Ethnographic studies in subjectivity |
Soggetto topico | Christianity - Papua New Guinea - Urapmin |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
Soggetto non controllato |
1960s
anthropology baptist missionaries christian converts christian culture christian life christian missionaries christianity cultural anthropologists cultural change cultural perspective discussion books good and evil human condition melanesian society moral torment morality and sin nonfiction papua new guinea society papua new guinea rapid change religious experiences religious studies remote tribe sinfulness social anthropology social change theoretical urapmin |
ISBN |
9786612762888
1-282-76288-5 0-520-93708-2 1-59734-483-4 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Part one : becoming sinners -- From salt to the law : contact and the early colonial period -- Christianity and the colonial transformation of regional relations -- Revival, second stage conversion, and the localization of the Urapmin Church -- Part two : living in sin -- Contemporary Urapmin in millennial time and space -- Willfulness, lawfulness, and Urapmin morality -- Desire and its discontents : free time and Christian morality -- Rituals of redemption and technologies of the self -- Millennialism and the contest of values -- Christianity, cultural change, and the moral life of the hybrid. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783388003321 |
Robbins Joel <1961->
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Being godless : ethnographies of atheism and non-religion / / edited by Ruy Llera Blanes and Galina Oustinova-Stjepanovic |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (153 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 306.6 |
Collana | Studies in Social Analysis |
Soggetto topico |
Irreligion
Atheism Secularism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
ISBN | 1-78533-574-X |
Classificazione | BG 3000 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Godless People, Doubt, and Atheism -- Chapter 1 Ambivalent Atheist Identities: Power and Non-religious Culture in Contemporary Britain -- Chapter 2 Godless People and Dead Bodies: Materiality and the Morality of Atheist Materialism -- Chapter 3 Atheist Political Cultures in Independent Angola -- Chapter 4 Forget Dawkins: Notes toward an Ethnography of Religious Belief and Doubt -- Chapter 5 Antagonistic Insights: Evolving Soviet Atheist Critiques of Religion and Why They Matter for Anthropology -- Chapter 6 Confessional Anthropology -- Afterword: On Atheism and Non-Religion -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794756403321 |
New York ; ; Oxford, [England] : , : Berghahn, , 2017 | ||
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Death in a Church of Life : Moral Passion during Botswana's Time of AIDS / / Frederick Klaits |
Autore | Klaits Frederick |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (369 p.) |
Disciplina | 261.8/3219697920096883 |
Collana | The Anthropology of Christianity |
Soggetto topico |
AIDS (Disease) - Patients - Pastoral counseling of - Botswana
AIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Pastoral counseling of -- Botswana AIDS (Disease) - Religious aspects - Christianity AIDS (Disease) -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Church work with the sick - Botswana AIDS (Disease) - Christianity - Religious aspects - Botswana Church work with the sick Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome HIV Infections Pastoral Care Religion and Medicine Social Support Christianity Religion and Psychology Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes Religion Social Environment Lentivirus Infections Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Viral Slow Virus Diseases Counseling Virus Diseases Retroviridae Infections Sociology Humanities Sexually Transmitted Diseases Immune System Diseases Psychology, Applied RNA Virus Infections Diseases Social Sciences Philosophy & Religion |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
Soggetto non controllato |
aids crisis
aids anthropology sociology anthropology apostolic congregation baitshepi church botswana christian faith christian nonfiction christianity church discussion books ethnographers ethnography faith and religion fellowship fieldwork hiv human relationships hymns illness and death life and death modern history moral passion power of god power of prayer prayer preaching spiritual kinship spirituality and faith therapeutic substances |
ISBN |
1-282-45344-0
9786612453441 0-520-94584-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Note on Pronunciation and Orthography -- Introduction: Moral Passion in Suffering and Faith -- One. Whose Child? -- Two. "Go with Me to Babylon" . The Domestication of Inequality -- Three. "Cleansing the Spirit". The Bodiliness of Sentiment and Faith -- Four. "Spirit, Follow the Voice!". Voice and the Making of Intersubjectivities -- Five. "It Is All Right as Long as We Feel Sorrow". Care for and by the Dying -- Six. "You Must Not Look Back". Civility in the Place of Death -- Conclusion. Putting Love into Words -- Appendix One -- Appendix Two -- Notes -- References -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780920503321 |
Klaits Frederick
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Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2010] | ||
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Fighting for faith and nation [[electronic resource] ] : dialogues with Sikh militants / / Cynthia Keppley Mahmood |
Autore | Mahmood Cynthia Keppley |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996 |
Descrizione fisica | xi, 314 p. : ill |
Disciplina | 954.91/4/00882946 |
Collana | Series in contemporary ethnography |
Soggetto topico |
Sikhs - Politics and government
Human rights - India - Punjab Sikhism |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
ISBN |
0-8122-3361-1
1-283-21065-7 9786613210654 0-8122-0017-9 0-585-12702-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- 1. Of Nightmares and Contacts -- 2. The Fragrance of Jasmine -- 3. A Saint-Soldier -- 4. Blue Star -- 5. Why Khalistan? -- 6. Drawing the Sword -- 7. Three Fighters -- 8. Playing the Game of Love -- 9. The Princess and the Lion -- 10. Culture, Resistance, and Dialogue -- 11. Looking into Dragons -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778976303321 |
Mahmood Cynthia Keppley
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Philadelphia, : University of Pennsylvania Press, 1996 | ||
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Fire in my bones [[electronic resource] ] : transcendence and the Holy Spirit in African American gospel / / Glenn Hinson in collaboration with saints from a host of churches ; photographs by Roland L. Freeman |
Autore | Hinson Glenn |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Philadelphia, Pa., : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2000 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (419 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.6/64/008996073 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FreemanRoland L. <1936-2023.> |
Collana | Contemporary ethnography |
Soggetto topico |
African American public worship
Experience (Religion) African Americans - Religion |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
Soggetto non controllato |
African Studies
African-American Studies American History American Studies Anthropology Folklore Linguistics Religion Religious Studies |
ISBN |
1-283-21191-2
9786613211910 0-8122-0301-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Chapter 1. Seeking Understanding -- Chapter 2. Belief, Knowledge, and Experience -- Chapter 3. Experiencing the Holy -- Chapter 4. A Conversation -- Chapter 5. Beginnings -- Chapter 6. Scripture -- Chapter 7. Prayer -- Chapter 8. A Conversation -- Chapter 9. Song -- Chapter 10. Praise -- Chapter 11. Welcome -- Chapter 12. Response -- Chapter 13. The Emcee -- Chapter 14. Format -- Chapter 15. Purpose -- Chapter 16. False Purpose -- Chapter 17. Elevation -- Chapter 18. Invitation -- Chapter 19. Benediction -- Appendix: Stepping Around Experience and the Supernatural -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781884703321 |
Hinson Glenn
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Philadelphia, Pa., : University of Pennsylvania Press, c2000 | ||
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Kiowa belief and ritual |
Autore | Kracht Benjamin R. <1955-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2017 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (402 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 978.00497492 |
Collana | Studies in the Anthropology of North American Indians Series |
Soggetto topico |
Kiowa Indians - Religion
Kiowa Indians - Rites and ceremonies |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
ISBN | 1-4962-0146-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Ethnographic studies of Plains Indian religions -- Kiowa history: 1832-1868 -- Kiowa beliefs and concepts of the universe -- Acquiring, maintaining, and manifesting power -- Bundles, shields, and societies -- The Kiowa Sun Dance -- Conclusion: the collapse of the horse and buffalo culture and the Sun Dance -- Appendix: Kiowa Sun Dance chronology, 1833-1890. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792807003321 |
Kracht Benjamin R. <1955->
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Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2017 | ||
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Na-khi religion : an analytical appraisal of the Na-khi ritual texts / / Anthony Jackson |
Autore | Jackson Anthony <fl. 1965-> |
Edizione | [Reprint 2011] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | The Hague, : Mouton, 1979 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xxii, 365 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps |
Disciplina | 299/.5 |
Collana | Religion and society |
Soggetto topico | Naxi (Chinese people) - Religion |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
ISBN | 3-11-080411-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction --; PART ONE: Historical Background --; 1 Background to Na-khi Religion --; 2 Kinship, Suicide and Pictographs --; PART TWO: The Basic Structures --; 3 Elementary Ritual Classification --; 4 The Belief System in the Ritual Framework --; PART THREE: Analysis --; 5 The Construction of Myth and Ritual --; 6 The Construction of Rites --; 7 The Rites --; 8 The Subceremonies --; 9 The Dominant Symbols --; PART FOUR: Conclusions --; 10 Summary and Conclusions --; PART FIVE: Appendices --; APPENDIX I The Na-khi and the Mo-so --; APPENDIX II The Szi Chung Bpö Ritual --; APPENDIX III Computer Analysis --; Notes to Chapters and Appendices --; Bibliography --; Indexes |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785632603321 |
Jackson Anthony <fl. 1965->
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The Hague, : Mouton, 1979 | ||
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Passage of darkness : the ethnobiology of the Haitian zombie / / Wade Davis ; [foreword by Robert Farris Thompson ; preface by Richard Evans Schultes] |
Autore | Davis Wade |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 1988 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (367 pages) : illustrations |
Disciplina | 299/.65 |
Soggetto topico |
Zombiism - Haiti
Bizango (Cult) Tetrodotoxin - Physiological effect |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
ISBN |
979-88-908793-4-9
0-8078-8758-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. The Historical and Cultural Setting; 2. The Haitian Zombie; 3. The Problem of Death; 4. The Poison; 5. The ""Antidote""; 6. Everything Is Poison, Nothing Is Poison: The Emic View; 7. Zombification as a Social Process; 8. The Bizango Secret Societies; Conclusion: Ethnobiology and the Haitian Zombie; Note on Orthography; Glossary; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z; Bibliography; Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786113903321 |
Davis Wade
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Chapel Hill : , : University of North Carolina Press, , 1988 | ||
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Religion in Calabar : the religious life and history of a Nigerian town / / Rosalind I.J. Hackett |
Autore | Hackett Rosalind I. J |
Edizione | [Reprint 2013] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1989 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 481 pages) |
Disciplina | 291/.09669/4 |
Collana | Religion and society |
Soggetto topico | RELIGION / Religion & Science |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
ISBN | 3-11-084673-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Note on Orthography --; Table of Contents --; Introduction --; Chapter One: Old Calabar --; Chapter Two: Missionary Beginnings --; Chapter Three: Religious Pluralization --; Chapter Four: Non-Indigenous and Institutional Religion --; Chapter Five: Indigenous and Institutional Religion --; Chapter Six: Institutional Distribution --; Chapter Seven: Institutional Interaction --; Chapter Eight: Popular Religion --; Chapter Nine: Religion in the Media --; Chapter Ten: Unity in Diversity: Themes and Developments in Calabar Religion --; Conclusion --; Appendix 1: Methods --; Appendix 2: Chronology --; Appendix 3: Data File on the Religious Institutions of Calabar --; Primary Sources --; Books and Articles Relating to Calabar --; Comparative and Theoretical Works --; Index.
part one. Historical ethnography -- part two. Contemporary religion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910788979003321 |
Hackett Rosalind I. J
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Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1989 | ||
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Religion in Calabar : the religious life and history of a Nigerian town / / Rosalind I.J. Hackett |
Autore | Hackett Rosalind I. J |
Edizione | [Reprint 2013] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1989 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xviii, 481 pages) |
Disciplina | 291/.09669/4 |
Collana | Religion and society |
Soggetto topico | RELIGION / Religion & Science |
Soggetto genere / forma | Ethnography |
ISBN | 3-11-084673-X |
Formato | Materiale a stampa ![]() |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Note on Orthography --; Table of Contents --; Introduction --; Chapter One: Old Calabar --; Chapter Two: Missionary Beginnings --; Chapter Three: Religious Pluralization --; Chapter Four: Non-Indigenous and Institutional Religion --; Chapter Five: Indigenous and Institutional Religion --; Chapter Six: Institutional Distribution --; Chapter Seven: Institutional Interaction --; Chapter Eight: Popular Religion --; Chapter Nine: Religion in the Media --; Chapter Ten: Unity in Diversity: Themes and Developments in Calabar Religion --; Conclusion --; Appendix 1: Methods --; Appendix 2: Chronology --; Appendix 3: Data File on the Religious Institutions of Calabar --; Primary Sources --; Books and Articles Relating to Calabar --; Comparative and Theoretical Works --; Index.
part one. Historical ethnography -- part two. Contemporary religion. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910815881503321 |
Hackett Rosalind I. J
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Berlin ; ; New York : , : Mouton de Gruyter, , 1989 | ||
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