Author: Homer E. DowdyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Christ's Witchdoctor
Author: Homer E. DowdyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
CHRIST'S WITCHDOCTOR FROM SAVAGE SORCERER TO JUNGLE MISSIONARY
Author: Homer E. DowdyOf Passionate Curves and Desirable Cadences
Author: George P. MentorePublisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 080323175X
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
Compelling and evocative, Of Passionate Curves and Desirable Cadences reveals the vital cultural interconnections at the heart of a rain-forest Amerindian society. The Waiwai, who live in the remote interior of Guyana and in neighboring Brazil, follow a customary subsistence lifestyle built around swidden agriculture and hunting. ø How do the Waiwai experience and think about themselves and their place in the so-called modern world around them? The anthropologist George Mentore draws on years of living with the Waiwai, a compelling theoretical perspective grounded in ethnographic subjectivity, and his own Guyanese heritage to depict the social and cultural world of the Waiwai. Mentore describes the relationship between the Waiwai cultural construction of the body, settlement, houses, fields, wildlife, power, knowledge, and gift giving in a variety of contexts and roles. This web of relationships, as well as the various spaces discovered and illuminated between Mentore's social being and theirs, point to a complex organization of culture that is distinctively Waiwai. When considering the Waiwai people?s ?plaited? design of passion and intimacy in the way it relates to humans, plants, and animals, Mentore promises the reader that through his text you will encounter a community of truth that tames logic and desire, where well being, beauty, morality, and care encircle the transcendent self.
Christ's Witchdoctor
Author: Homer E. DowdyPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missions
Languages : en
Pages : 239
Book Description
In Darkness and Secrecy
Author: Neil L. WhiteheadPublisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 082238583X
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In Darkness and Secrecy brings together ethnographic examinations of Amazonian assault sorcery, witchcraft, and injurious magic, or “dark shamanism.” Anthropological reflections on South American shamanism have tended to emphasize shamans’ healing powers and positive influence. This collection challenges that assumption by showing that dark shamans are, in many Amazonian cultures, quite different from shamanic healers and prophets. Assault sorcery, in particular, involves violence resulting in physical harm or even death. While highlighting the distinctiveness of such practices, In Darkness and Secrecy reveals them as no less relevant to the continuation of culture and society than curing and prophecy. The contributors suggest that the persistence of dark shamanism can be understood as a form of engagement with modernity. These essays, by leading anthropologists of South American shamanism, consider assault sorcery as it is practiced in parts of Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Peru. They analyze the social and political dynamics of witchcraft and sorcery and their relation to cosmology, mythology, ritual, and other forms of symbolic violence and aggression in each society studied. They also discuss the relations of witchcraft and sorcery to interethnic contact and the ways that shamanic power may be co-opted by the state. In Darkness and Secrecy includes reflections on the ethical and practical implications of ethnographic investigation of violent cultural practices. Contributors. Dominique Buchillet, Carlos Fausto, Michael Heckenberger, Elsje Lagrou, E. Jean Langdon, George Mentore, Donald Pollock, Fernando Santos-Granero, Pamela J. Stewart, Andrew Strathern, Márnio Teixeira-Pinto, Silvia Vidal, Neil L. Whitehead, Johannes Wilbert, Robin Wright
HANDBOOK AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES
Author: Desmond C. DerbyshirePublisher: Walter de Gruyter
ISBN: 3110822121
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 660
Book Description
No detailed description available for "HANDBOOK AMAZONIAN LANGUAGES".
Strong
Author: Catherine ParksPublisher: B&H Publishing Group
ISBN: 1535946369
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Boys need strong role models. In an age when the world is confused about what it means to be a strong man, boys need the examples of godly men who have gone before them. The eleven men in Strong are examples of true strength—men who stood firm when no one else would stand with them. As they read about these men, boys will learn about some familiar figures as well as those they may never have heard of before. They’ll read harrowing stories of danger and risk and miraculous tales of courage and sacrifice. By reading about the humility of Alvin York, the courageous conviction of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, the strong faith of Jackie Robinson, and the missionary heart of George Liele, boys will come away with an inspiring vision of manhood. But even more, they’ll encounter a personal God who strengthens His children “with all power, according to his glorious might” (Colossians 1:11). Rather than feeling the need to live up to impossible standards, they’ll see that true power comes from God, and the same God who strengthened the men in this book will empower readers to walk in His strength right where they are.
Christs Witchdoctor
Author: Homer E. DowdyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780340025246
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Christ's Witchdoctor
Author: Homer DowdyPublisher: Multnomah Books
ISBN: 9781885305091
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Missionary Biography
Author: Missionary Research Library (New York, N.Y.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Missionaries
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description