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Indigenous societies around the world have been historically
disparaged by European explorers, colonial officials and Christian
missionaries. Nowhere was this more evident than in early
descriptions of indigenous religions as savage, primitive,
superstitious and fetishistic. Liberal intellectuals, both
indigenous and colonial, reacted to this by claiming that, before
indigenous peoples ever encountered Europeans, they all believed in
a Supreme Being. 'The Invention of God in Indigenous Societies'
argues that, by alleging that God can be located at the core of
pre-Christian cultures, this claim effectively invents a tradition
which only makes sense theologically if God has never left himself
without a witness. Examining a range of indigenous religions from
North America, Africa and Australasia - the Shona of Zimbabwe, the
'Rainbow Spirit Theology' in Australia, the Yupiit of Alaska, and
the Maori of New Zealand - the book argues that the interests of
indigenous societies are best served by carefully describing their
religious beliefs and practices using historical and
phenomenological methods - just as would be done in the study of
any world religion.
Indigenous societies around the world have been historically
disparaged by European explorers, colonial officials and Christian
missionaries. Nowhere was this more evident than in early
descriptions of indigenous religions as savage, primitive,
superstitious and fetishistic. Liberal intellectuals, both
indigenous and colonial, reacted to this by claiming that, before
indigenous peoples ever encountered Europeans, they all believed in
a Supreme Being. 'The Invention of God in Indigenous Societies'
argues that, by alleging that God can be located at the core of
pre-Christian cultures, this claim effectively invents a tradition
which only makes sense theologically if God has never left himself
without a witness. Examining a range of indigenous religions from
North America, Africa and Australasia - the Shona of Zimbabwe, the
'Rainbow Spirit Theology' in Australia, the Yupiit of Alaska, and
the Maori of New Zealand - the book argues that the interests of
indigenous societies are best served by carefully describing their
religious beliefs and practices using historical and
phenomenological methods - just as would be done in the study of
any world religion.
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