The A to Z of Shamanism

Informationen zum Autor Graham Harvey is Professor of Religious Studies at the Open University, UK. His research is concerned with the performance and rhetoric of identities among Jews, Pagans and indigenous peoples. He is particularly interested in the 'new animism', embracing relational and material approaches to interactions between humans and the larger than human world. His recent publications include The Handbook of Contemporary Animism(2013) and Food, Sex and Strangers: Understanding Religion as Everyday Life (2013). Klappentext The A to Z of Shamanism has the duel task of exploring the common ground of shamanic traditions and evaluating the diversity of both traditional indigenous communities and individual Western seekers. This is done in an introduction, a bibliography, a chronology, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries, which explore the consistent features of a variety of shamans, the purposes shamanism serves, the function and activities of the shaman, and the cultural contexts in which they make sense.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Graham Harvey, Graham/ Wallis Harvey, Robert J. Wallis
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 28.04.2010
• EAN: 9780810876002
• ISBN: 978-0-8108-7600-2
• Pagine: 308
• Dimensioni: 133 mm x 210 mm x 19 mm
• Serie: The A to Z Guide Series; A to Z Guides; The A to Z Guide Series; A to Z Guides
• Categorie: Guide e manuali > Spiritualità > Scienze e culture antiche; Saggistica > Psicologia, esoterismo, spiritualità, antroposofia > Esoterismo: tematiche generali, opere di consultazione