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Traditions in Contact and Change
Author | : Peter Slater,Donald Wiebe |
Publsiher | : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press |
Total Pages | : 769 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780889206106 |
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"Traditions in Contact and Change" was the theme of the fourteenth quinquennial congress of the International Association for the History of Religions. This selection from 450 papers by scholars form all over the world address the theme. Section One, "Indian Traditions and Western Interactions," treats subjects ranging from the flood story in Vedic ritual to a s study of the women of the Nehru family. Section Two, "Buddhist, Chinese, and Japanese Studies," includes discussions of the origin of the Mahayana, William James and Japanese Buddhism, and lyrical imagery and religious content in Japanese art. Section Three, "Mediterranean Cultures," covers a broad range of topics, from foster children in early Christianity to "the transformation of Christianity into Roman religion" to the change in the status of women in Iceland from pagan to Christian times. Section Four, "Islamic, African, and Amerindian Developments," examines such subjects as religions in conflict and change in the works of African novelists, tradition and change in Indian Islam, and religious acculturation among Oglala Lakota. Section Five offers "Methodological and Theoretical Discussions" of women's studies, Western perceptions of Asia, structure in Jung and Lévi-Strauss, among others. The essays provide ready access to the leading edge of scholarship across a wide range of religions and cultures and should be of interest to students of religion, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy.
Stone Tool Traditions in the Contact Era
Author | : Charles Cobb |
Publsiher | : University of Alabama Press |
Total Pages | : 225 |
Release | : 2003-09-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780817313739 |
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This is the first comprehensive analysis of the partial replacement of flaked stone and ground stone traditions by metal tools in the Americas during the Contact Era. It examines the functional, symbolic, and economic consequences of that replacement on the lifeways of native populations, even as lithic technologies persisted well after the landing of Columbus. Ranging across North America and to Hawai'i, the studies show that, even with wide access to metal objects, Native Americans continued to produce certain stone tool types - perhaps because they were still the best implements for a task or because they represented a deep commitment to a traditional practice. Chapters are ordered in terms of relative degree of European contact, beginning with groups that experienced brief episodes of interaction, such as the Wichita-French meeting on the Arkansas River, and ending with societies that were heavily influenced by colonization, such as the Potawatomi of Illinois. Because the anthology draws comparisons between the persistence of stone tools and the continuity of other indigenous crafts, it presents holistic models that can be used to explain the larger consequences of the Contact
Studies in Culture Contact
Author | : James G. Cusick |
Publsiher | : SIU Press |
Total Pages | : 513 |
Release | : 2015-03-05 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780809334094 |
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People have long been fascinated about times in human history when different cultures and societies first came into contact with each other. Studies in Culture Contact defines the role of culture contact in human history, to identify issues in the study of culture contact in archaeology, and to provide a critical overview of the major theoretical approaches to the study of culture and contact.
Culture and Change
Author | : Larry Naylor |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 1996-01-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780313388507 |
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Growing dependency, increased contact and interactions, and the development of a participatory world culture have brought the topic of culture change to our attention as never before. Naylor examines the various issues and aspects of change, particularly directed or intended change, as it occurs within multicultural settings. He combines the best information available on the topic of change and provides a comprehensive model for change processes in an effort to supply the reader with the essentials required for understanding culture change and working within its contexts. It is appropriate for courses in anthropology, sociology, education, development studies and health, and will serve equally well for either undergraduate or graduate levels.
Change in Byzantine Culture in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries
Author | : A. P. Kazhdan,Ann Wharton Epstein |
Publsiher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 348 |
Release | : 1990-02 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0520069625 |
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Byzantium, that dark sphere on the periphery of medieval Europe, is commonly regarded as the immutable residue of Rome's decline. In this highly original and provocative work, Alexander Kazhdan and Ann Wharton Epstein revise this traditional image by documenting the dynamic social changes that occurred during the eleventh and twelfth centuries.
Climate Change and Tradition in a Small Island State
Author | : Peter Rudiak-Gould |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 245 |
Release | : 2013-07-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9781135055387 |
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The citizens of the Marshall Islands have been told that climate change will doom their country, and they have seen confirmatory omens in the land, air, and sea. This book investigates how grassroots Marshallese society has interpreted and responded to this threat as intimated by local observation, science communication, and Biblical exegesis. With grounds to dismiss or ignore the threat, Marshall Islanders have instead embraced it; with reasons to forswear guilt and responsibility, they have instead adopted in-group blame; and having been instructed that resettlement is necessary, they have vowed instead to retain the homeland. These dominant local responses can be understood as arising from a pre-existing, vigorous constellation of Marshallese ideas termed "modernity the trickster": a historically inspired narrative of self-inflicted cultural decline and seduction by Euro-American modernity. This study illuminates islander agency at the intersection of the local and the global, and suggests a theory of risk perception based on ideological commitment to narratives of historical progress and decline.
Music Traditions Change and Creativity in Africa
Author | : Giorgio Adamo,Alessandro Cosentino |
Publsiher | : NeoClassica |
Total Pages | : 247 |
Release | : 2019 |
Genre | : Music |
ISBN | : 9788893740289 |
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In February 2014 an international seminar on musical dynamics and creativity in Africa was held at Tor Vergata University of Rome. The topic and the approach were strongly influenced by issues that Gerhard Kubik believed should have been addressed for a long time, such as the attention to cultural and social dynamics, with a specific emphasis on the creativity of individuals. Beside his keynote address, Music Traditions, Change and Creativity in Africa includes the contributions presented by scholars from different countries, particularly active in the East African area and in dialogue with Italian researchers who have field experience in the same region. Music Traditions, Change and Creativity in Africa is the first monograph of a series of volumes connected and inspired to the journal Etnografie Sonore / Sound Ethnographies (www.soundethnographies.it), which Giorgio Adamo and his colleagues recently founded. Along with the papers multimedia contents are also available online.
Culture Development and Religious Change
Author | : Kilani, Abdulrazaq O.,Iheanacho, Ngozi N. |
Publsiher | : M & J Grand Orbit Communications |
Total Pages | : 416 |
Release | : 2016-12-14 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9789785420883 |
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The book is an introduction to the study of culture, with emphasis on the dynamism factor intrinsic and susceptible to generating growth, development initiatives and change, especially in religion and other aspects of Nigerian society. The collection of 19 papers is organised into five parts: Concepts and Theoretical Alignments, Social Institutions in Culture Change and Development, Religious Traditions and Change Experience, Votaries and Sectarian Reaction to Culture and Religious Change, and Pastoral Objective and the Management of Cultural Diversity and Change in Christianity.