Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: definitions, terminology and the “invention of tradition”
- 1 The “God controversy” in pre-Christian indigenous religions
- 2 The debate over Io as the pre-Christian Māori Supreme Being
- 3 Making Mwari Christian: the case of the Shona of Zimbabwe
- 4 The rainbow-serpent in the Rainbow Spirit Theology
- 5 Alaska: Ellam Yua, the person of the universe
- 6 Invention as cultural hybridity
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Notes
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: definitions, terminology and the “invention of tradition”
- 1 The “God controversy” in pre-Christian indigenous religions
- 2 The debate over Io as the pre-Christian Māori Supreme Being
- 3 Making Mwari Christian: the case of the Shona of Zimbabwe
- 4 The rainbow-serpent in the Rainbow Spirit Theology
- 5 Alaska: Ellam Yua, the person of the universe
- 6 Invention as cultural hybridity
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
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- The Invention of God in Indigenous Societies , pp. 163 - 166Publisher: Acumen PublishingPrint publication year: 2013