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100	1		_aCox, James L., _eauthor.
245	1	2	_aA phenomenology of indigenous religions : _btheory and practice / _cJames L. Cox.
263			_a2212
264		1	_aNew York : _bBloomsbury Academic, _c2022.
300			_axv, 252 pages ; _c24 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
490	0		_aBloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies
500			_aCollection of previously published essays
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aPart I. Phenomenology of religion: theory, method and application Methodological views on African religions The contributions of T.G.H. Strehlow to the contemporary global study of indigenous religions Missionaries, the phenomenology of religion and 're-presenting' nineteenth-century African religion: a case study of Peter McKenzie's Hail Orisha! Part II. The phenomenological subject and object of study. Religious typologies and the postmodern critique African identities as the projection of Western alterity Phenomenological perspectives on the social responsibility of the scholar of religion Part III. Classifications and definitions: on delimiting the field of indigenous religions. The transmission of an authoritative tradition: that without which religion is not religion Reflecting critically on indigenous religions Kinship and location: in defence of a narrow definition of indigenous religions Part IV. Indigenous religions in global contexts. Secularizing the land: the impact of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act on indigenous understandings of land The study of religion and non-religion in the emerging field of 'non-religion studies': its significance for interpreting Australian aboriginal religions Global intentions and local conflicts: the rise and fall of Ambuya Juliana in Zimbabwe Part V. Affirming indigenous agency. The debate between E.B. Tylor and Andrew Lang over the theory of primitive monotheism: implications for contemporary studies of indigenous religions T.G.H. Strehlow and the repatriation of knowledge Conclusion: phenomenology at the cutting edge: affirming local agency
520			_a"This book compiles James L. Cox's most important writings on a phenomenology of Indigenous Religions into one volume, with a new introduction and conclusion by the author. Cox has consistently exemplified phenomenological methods by applying them to his own field studies among Indigenous Religions, principally in Zimbabwe and Alaska, but also in Australia and New Zealand. Included in this collection are his articles in which he defines what he means by the category 'religion' and how this informs his precise meaning of the classification 'Indigenous Religions'. These theoretical considerations are always illustrated clearly and concisely by specific studies of Indigenous Religions and their dynamic interaction with contemporary political and social circumstances. This collection demonstrates the continued relevance of the phenomenological method in the study of religions by presenting the method as dynamic and adaptable to contemporary social contexts and as responsive to intellectual critiques of the method"-- _cProvided by publisher.
521			_aCASG _bMaster of Arts in Philosophy
546			_aIn English
650			_aIndigenous peoples _vReligion.
650			_aPhenomenology.
906			_a0 _bibc _corignew _d2 _eepcn _f20 _gy-gencatlg
942			_2ddc _cBK _h300-399