Christianity, Islam, and Orisa-Religion : Three Traditions in Comparison and Interaction / / J.D.Y. Peel |
Autore | Peel J.D.Y. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2015] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (310 p.) |
Disciplina | 200.9669/2 |
Collana | The Anthropology of Christianity |
Soggetto topico |
Christianity - Nigeria, Southwest
Islam - Nigeria, Southwest Orisha religion - Influence Orisha religion - Nigeria, Southwest Yoruba (African people) - Religion RELIGION / Comparative Religion |
Soggetto non controllato |
african christianity
african religions african studies anthropology christianity in nigeria christianity comparative religion contemporary religion history of religion in nigeria indigenous religion interfaith communities islam in nigeria islam new religious movements orisa in the new world orisa religious conversion in africa religious studies religious traditions religious violence slave religion subsaharan islam west african religion world religions yoruba history yoruba islam yoruba |
ISBN | 0-520-96122-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations Appearing in the Text and Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part I -- 1. History, Culture, and the Comparative Method: A West African Puzzle -- 2. Two Pastors and Their Histories: Samuel Johnson and C. C. Reindorf -- 3. Ogun in Precolonial Yorubaland: A Comparative Analysis -- 4. Divergent Modes of Religiosity in West Africa -- 5. Postsocialism, Postcolonialism, Pentecostalism -- Part II -- 6. Context, Tradition, and the Anthropology of World Religions -- 7. Conversion and Community in Yorubaland -- 8. Yoruba Ethnogenesis and the Trajectory of Islam -- 9. A Century of Interplay Between Islam and Christianity -- 10. Pentecostalism and Salafism in Nigeria: Mirror Images? -- 11. The Three Circles of Yoruba Religion -- Glossary of Yoruba and Arabic Terms Appearing in the Text and Notes -- Notes -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996328040803316 |
Peel J.D.Y. | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2015] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Morals Not Knowledge : Recasting the Contemporary U.S. Conflict between Religion and Science / / John H. Evans |
Autore | Evans John Hyde <1965-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 228 pages) : PDF, digital file(s) |
Disciplina | 201/.650973 |
Soggetto topico |
Ethics - Social aspects
Religion and science - United States - 20th century |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
Soggetto non controllato |
climate change
comparative religion conservative politicians conservative religious americans contemporary religion factual claims fundamental conflicts making claims moral conflict morality nature religion vs science religious ethics religious people science scientific findings scientists sociology and religion |
ISBN | 0-520-96978-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Introduction -- The religion and science advocates in the academic debate -- The academic analysts of the relationship between religion and science -- Recent transformation of elite academic and public debates -- Existing research on the public -- Empirical tests of knowledge and belief conflict for the religious public -- Empirical tests of moral conflict for the religious public -- Conclusion. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996312641703316 |
Evans John Hyde <1965-> | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Tantra : Sex, Secrecy, Politics, and Power in the Study of Religion / / Hugh B. Urban |
Autore | Urban Hugh B. |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2003] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
Disciplina |
294
294.5/514 |
Soggetto topico |
Tantric Buddhism
Tantrism |
Soggetto non controllato |
anthropology
buddhism buddhist tradition comparative religion contemporary religion critical theory cultural phenomena east and west eastern philosophy european scholars faith and spirituality hinduism india indian religions jainism nonfiction physical experiences political power religious lives religious practices religious secrecy religious studies sensuality sex sexual politics sexuality tantra western thought western world world religions |
ISBN |
1-282-35961-4
1-59734-932-1 9786612359613 9781417525533 0-520-93689-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Diagnosing the "Disease" of Tantra -- 1. The Golden Age of the Vedas and the Dark Age of Kàlí: Tantrism, Orientalism, and the Bengal Renaissance -- 2. Sacrificing White Goats to the Goddess: Tantra and Political Violence in Colonial India -- 3. India's Darkest Heart: Tantra in the Literary Imagination -- 4. Deodorized Tantra: Sex, Scandal, Secrecy, and Censorship in the Works of John Woodroffe and Swami Vivekananda -- 5. Religion for the Age of Darkness: Tantra and the History of Religions in the Twentieth Century -- 6. The Cult of Ecstasy: Meldings of East and West in a New Age of Tantra -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910783156203321 |
Urban Hugh B. | ||
Berkeley, CA : , : University of California Press, , [2003] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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