1st Edition
From Primitive to Indigenous The Academic Study of Indigenous Religions
By James L. Cox
Copyright 2007
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
206 Pages
by
Routledge
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The academic study of Indigenous Religions developed historically from missiological and anthropological sources, but little analysis has been devoted to this classification within departments of religious studies. Evaluating this assumption in the light of case studies drawn from Zimbabwe, Alaska and shamanic traditions, and in view of current debates over 'primitivism', James Cox mounts a defence for the scholarly use of the category 'Indigenous Religions'.
Acknowledgments; Introduction; Chapter 1 The Academic Study of Indigenous Religions; Chapter 2 Essentialism and the World Religions Paradigm; Chapter 3 Defining ‘Indigenous’ Scientifically; Chapter 4 Towards a Socio-cultural, Non-essentialist Interpretation of Religion; Chapter 5 The Yupiit of Alaska; Chapter 6 The Adaptive Nature of Indigenous Religions in Zimbabwe; Chapter 7 Indigenous Religions and the Debate over Primitivism; Chapter 101 Afterword;
Biography
James L. Cox is Professor of Religious Studies in the School of Divinity at the University of Edinburgh, UK.
’This is a valuable book.’ Journal of the American Academy of Religion ’... an interesting and challenging book.’ Anthropos
