| Description |
vii, 383 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Numen book series, studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. 126 |
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Studies in the history of religions ; 126.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Melanesia -- Jakarta and Jayapura : the dialogue of religions and "Papua, land of peace" / John D' Arcy May -- Working out of two mindsets : critical methodology and PNG Village traditional ways / Patrick F. Gesch -- A samo theology of mediumship : a case study of local theologising and global reflection / R. Daniel Shaw -- Dema as religious symbol in Papua New Guinea / Ennio Mantovani -- Cargo cults and cognitive science : the dynamics of creativity and repetition in the Pomio Kivung / Andrew Lattas -- Placing and dis-placing the dead / Andrew Strathern and Pamela J. Stewart -- Ancient world -- Towards an understanding of Mani's religious development and the archaeology of Manichaean identity / Iain Gardner -- Some duties and responsibilities of a bishop(?) in late antique Egypt / Alanna Nobbs -- Per saturam or performance? Seneca's Initium saeculi felicissimi : ritual hilarity and millenial closure in the apocolocyntosis / Christopher Hartney -- Consequences of bilingualism in Paul's Letters / Vrasidas Karalis -- Philosophical and methodological considerations -- The religious thought of Francis Bacon / John Gascoigne -- Rudolf Otto, the East and religious inclusivism / Harry Oldmeadow -- The theme of conversion in Sartre's early ethics / Paul Crittenden -- Approaches to the problem of dualism in Heidegger and Indian yogacara Buddhism / Peter Oldmeadow -- Historiography -- "And end history. And go to the stars" : Terence McKenna and 2012 / Wouter J. Hanegraaf -- Cyborgs and chakras : intersubjectivity in scientific and spiritual somatechnics / Jay Johnston -- Religious studies in New Zealand : a wrong direction? / Paul Morris -- Religion, sexuality and retribution : placing the "other" in Sydney / Carole M. Cusack and Jason H. Prior. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Religions.
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Melanesia -- Religion.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Trompf, G. W.
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Cusack, Carole M., 1962-
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Hartney, Christopher.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004178809 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9004178805 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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