300円 The Blackfeet were hunters, travelling from place to place on foot. They used implements of stone, wood, or bone, wore clothing made of skins, and lived in tents covered by hides. Dogs, their only tame animals, were used as beasts of burden to carry small packs and drag light loads. The stories h...

1,657円 "Immediately before the siege of Jerusalem by Titus, 20,000 Idumaeans were admitted into the holy city … from this time the Edomites as a separate people, disappear from the page of history." -Mary Witter In 1888, Mary L. T. Witter, of Berwick, Nova Scotia and author of religious works published ...

11,772円 Much previous literature on sacred natural sites has been written from a non-indigenous perspective. In contrast, this book facilitates a greater self-expression of indigenous perspectives regarding treatment of the sacred and its protection and governance in the face of threats from various form...

4,637円 Throughout West African societies, at times of social crises, postmenopausal womenーthe Mothersーmake a ritual appeal to their innate moral authority. The seat of this power is the female genitalia. Wielding branches or pestles, they strip naked and slap their genitals and bare breasts to curse a...

9,948円 From being characterized as ‘primitive tribe’ in the colonial imagination to become predominantly practitioners of the American Baptist faith, the Sumi Naga – formerly known as the Sema Naga – in the North-East Indian state of Nagaland have come a long way ever since this Naga tribe encountered t...

927円 An inspiring anthology of prose, poetry and ancestral wisdom from members of 40 Native American tribes, organized alphabetically from Anishinaabeg to Zuni Although there are major differences in the lifestyles of the numerous Native American nations, they share fundamental beliefs. The spiritual ...

1,100円 O candomblé bem explicado é resultado da pesquisa de um babalorixá e de sua filha-de-santo que, motivados por sua própria experiência prática, decidiram elucidar conceitos e temas bastante recorentes no cotidiano religioso dos que pertencem às três nações analisadas com maior enfoque nesta obra ...

2,200円 Obra que discute a chegada das religiões africanas ao Brasil e sua assimilação e transformação local. Candomblé, curandeirismo e feitiçaria, bem como preconceito e repressão, são alguns dos temas debatidos nesta coletânea, que conta com a colaboração de historiadores como Petrônio Domingues e Lui...

9,616円 Shamanism is one of the earliest and farthest-reaching magical and religious traditions, vestiges of which still underlie the major religious faiths of the modern world. The function of the shaman is to show his or her people the unseen powers behind the mere appearances of nature, as experienced...

3,980円 In Walking to Magdalena, Seth Schermerhorn explores a question that is central to the interface of religious studies and Native American and indigenous studies: What have Native peoples made of Christianity? By focusing on the annual pilgrimage of the Tohono O’odham to Magdalena in Sonora, Mexico...

1,060円 This practical, hands-on guide is written to help catechists and catechetical leaders share the richness of the Catholic faith while affirming and honoring the many cultures and languages of their parishes. With tips for training catechists to be culturally-sensitive and for planning programs, le...

2,786円 Un jueves de manana en 1981, cuatro mil campesinos, huyendo un escuadron de la muerte salvadoreno patrocinado por los Estados Unidos, trastabillo bajando una ladera por un monte cubierto de follaje, hacia el Rio Lempa. Algunos fueron indiscriminadamente fusilados por las ametralladoras de soldado...