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Aboriginal Religions in Australia - An Anthology of Recent Writings (Hardcover, New Ed)
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Aboriginal Religions in Australia - An Anthology of Recent Writings (Hardcover, New Ed)
Series: Vitality of Indigenous Religions
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Over the last 25 years there has been an explosion of interest in
the Aboriginal religions of Australia and this anthology provides a
variety of recent writings, by a wide range of scholars. Australian
Aboriginal Religions are probably the oldest extant religious
systems. Over some 50,000 years they have coped with change and
re-invented themselves in an astonishingly creative way. The
Dreaming, the mythical time when the Ancestor Spirits shaped the
territories of the Aborigines and laid down a moral and ritual law
for their occupants, is the fundamental religious reality. It is
the basis of the Aborigines's view of their land or country,
kinship relationships, ritual and art. However, the Dreaming is not
a static principle since it is interpreted in different ways, as in
the extraordinary movement in contemporary indigenous painting, and
in attempts at an accommodation with Christianity. The
contributions of anthropologists, cultural historians, philosophers
of religion and others are included in this anthology which not
only guides readers through the literature but also ensures this
still largely inaccessible material is available to a wider range
of readers and non-specialist students and academics.
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