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Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s)
Series: - Brill Handbooks on Contemporary Religion, Volume: 15
Extremely distant and distinct indigenous communities have over recent decades become more like themselves and more like each other – a paradox prevalent globally but inadequately explained by established analytical frames, particularly with regard to religion. Addressing this rich and unfolding context, the Handbook of Indigenous Religion(s) engages a wide variety of locations and perspectives. Drawing upon the efforts of a diverse group of scholars working at the intersection of indigenous studies and religious studies, this volume includes a programmatic introduction that argues for new ways of conceptualizing the field of indigenous religion(s), numerous case study-based examples, and an Afterword by Thomas Tweed.
Greg Johnson, Ph.D. (2003), University of Chicago, is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Colorado. Johnson studies indigenous traditions and law, with a focus on burial protection, repatriation, and sacred land disputes in Native American and Hawaiian contexts.
Siv Ellen Kraft, Ph.D (1999), University of Bergen, is Professor of Religious Studies at UiT – the Arctic University of Norway. Kraft studies contemporary indigenous religion(s), with a particular focus on the Sami.
Contributors are:
Greg Alles
Department of Religious Studies
McDaniel College
Natalie Avalos
Department of Religious Studies
Connecticut College
Steve Bevis
Department of Indigenous Education and Research
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Cato Christensen
Department of International Studies and Interpreting
Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
James Cox
Department of Religious Studies
The University of Edinburgh
Trude Fonneland
Department of Cultural Sciences
UiT. The Arctic University of Norway
Rosalind Hackett
Department of Religious Studies
University of Tennessee
Duane Jethro
Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage
Humboldt University, Berlin
Greg Johnson
Department of Religious studies
University of Boulder, Colorado.
Takeshi Kimura
Faculty of Philosophy
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Siv Ellen Kraft
Department of History, Archeology and Religious Studies
UiT. The Arctic University of Norway
Arkotong Longkumer
Religious Studies
The University of Edinburgh
Michael McNally
Department of Religion
Carleton College
Minna Opas
School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
University of Turku
Suzanne Owen
Department of Religious Studies
Leeds Trinity University
Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme
Department of Social Anthropology
University of Oslo
Claire Scheid
The Study of Religions Department
National University of Ireland-University College Cork
Seth Schermerhorn
Religious Studies Department
Hamilton College
Bjørn Ola Tafjord
Department of History, Archeology and Religious Studies
UiT. The Arctic University of Norway
Thomas Tweed
Department of American Studies
University of Notre Dame
David Walsh
Department of Religious Studies
Gettysburg College
John Ødemark
Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
The University of Oslo
Siv Ellen Kraft, Ph.D (1999), University of Bergen, is Professor of Religious Studies at UiT – the Arctic University of Norway. Kraft studies contemporary indigenous religion(s), with a particular focus on the Sami.
Contributors are:
Greg Alles
Department of Religious Studies
McDaniel College
Natalie Avalos
Department of Religious Studies
Connecticut College
Steve Bevis
Department of Indigenous Education and Research
The University of Newcastle, Australia
Cato Christensen
Department of International Studies and Interpreting
Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences
James Cox
Department of Religious Studies
The University of Edinburgh
Trude Fonneland
Department of Cultural Sciences
UiT. The Arctic University of Norway
Rosalind Hackett
Department of Religious Studies
University of Tennessee
Duane Jethro
Centre for Anthropological Research on Museums and Heritage
Humboldt University, Berlin
Greg Johnson
Department of Religious studies
University of Boulder, Colorado.
Takeshi Kimura
Faculty of Philosophy
University of Tsukuba, Japan
Siv Ellen Kraft
Department of History, Archeology and Religious Studies
UiT. The Arctic University of Norway
Arkotong Longkumer
Religious Studies
The University of Edinburgh
Michael McNally
Department of Religion
Carleton College
Minna Opas
School of History, Culture and Arts Studies
University of Turku
Suzanne Owen
Department of Religious Studies
Leeds Trinity University
Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme
Department of Social Anthropology
University of Oslo
Claire Scheid
The Study of Religions Department
National University of Ireland-University College Cork
Seth Schermerhorn
Religious Studies Department
Hamilton College
Bjørn Ola Tafjord
Department of History, Archeology and Religious Studies
UiT. The Arctic University of Norway
Thomas Tweed
Department of American Studies
University of Notre Dame
David Walsh
Department of Religious Studies
Gettysburg College
John Ødemark
Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages
The University of Oslo
"Because of its interdisciplinary relevance and extraordinary geographic and theoretical scope, this book is indispensable to scholars of religious studies and indigenous studies. It clearly maps out key conversations and debates across multiple fields of inquiry, highlighting areas that could benefit from further attention."
Elizabeth Lowry, Arizona State University, Reading Religion, December 13, 2017
Elizabeth Lowry, Arizona State University, Reading Religion, December 13, 2017
Preface
Introduction
Greg Johnson and Siv Ellen Kraft
1 Towards a Typology of Academic Uses of ‘Indigenous Religion(s)’, or, Eight (or Nine) Language Games That Scholars Play with This Phrase
Bjørn Ola Tafjord
2 Religion as Peoplehood: Native American Religious Traditions and the Discourse of Indigenous Rights
Michael D. McNally
3
u.n.
-Discourses on Indigenous Religion
Siv Ellen Kraft
4 Indigenous Feature Film: A Pathway for Indigenous Religion?
Cato Christensen
5 Sounds Indigenous: Negotiating Identity in an Era of World Music
Rosalind I.J. Hackett
6 Not Real Christians? On the Relation between Christianity and Indigenous Religions in Amazonia and Beyond
Minna Opas
7 Timing Indigenous Culture and Religion: Tales of Conversion and Ecological Salvation from the Amazon
John Ødemark
8 Materialising and Performing Hawaiian Religion(s) on Mauna Kea
Greg Johnson
9 Becoming Human: ‘Urban Indian’ Decolonisation and Regeneration in the Land of Enchantment
Natalie Avalos
10 Global Indigeneity and Local Christianity: Performing O’Odham Identity in the Present
Seth Schermerhorn
11 Spiritual, Not Religious; Dene, Not Indigenous: Tłįchǫ Dene Discourses of Religion and Indigeneity
David S. Walsh
12 Unsettled Natives in the Newfoundland Imaginary
Suzanne Owen
13 The Shamanic Festival Isogaisa (NORWAY): Religious Meaning-Making in the Present
Trude Fonneland
14 Are Adivasis Indigenous?
Gregory D. Alles
15 Is Hinduism the World’s Largest Indigenous Religion?
Arkotong Longkumer
16 Literacy as Advocacy in the Donyipolo Movement of India
Claire S. Scheid
17 Ethnographies Returned: The Mobilisation of Ethnographies and the Politicisation of Indigeneity in Ifugao, the Philippines
Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme
18 The Beginning of a Long Journey: Maintaining and Reviving the Ancestral Religion among the Ainu in Japan
Takeshi Kimura
19 Replacing ‘Religion’ with Indigenous Spirit: Grounding Australian Indigenous Identity in Wider Worlds
Steve Bevis
20 Of Ruins and Revival: Heritage Formation and Khoisan Indigenous Identity in Post-apartheid South Africa
Duane Jethro
21 Global Intentions and Local Conflicts: The Rise and Fall of Ambuya Juliana in Zimbabwe
James L. Cox
Afterword: The Study of Religion and the Discourses of Indigeneity
Thomas A. Tweed
Index
Introduction
Greg Johnson and Siv Ellen Kraft
1 Towards a Typology of Academic Uses of ‘Indigenous Religion(s)’, or, Eight (or Nine) Language Games That Scholars Play with This Phrase
Bjørn Ola Tafjord
2 Religion as Peoplehood: Native American Religious Traditions and the Discourse of Indigenous Rights
Michael D. McNally
3
Siv Ellen Kraft
4 Indigenous Feature Film: A Pathway for Indigenous Religion?
Cato Christensen
5 Sounds Indigenous: Negotiating Identity in an Era of World Music
Rosalind I.J. Hackett
6 Not Real Christians? On the Relation between Christianity and Indigenous Religions in Amazonia and Beyond
Minna Opas
7 Timing Indigenous Culture and Religion: Tales of Conversion and Ecological Salvation from the Amazon
John Ødemark
8 Materialising and Performing Hawaiian Religion(s) on Mauna Kea
Greg Johnson
9 Becoming Human: ‘Urban Indian’ Decolonisation and Regeneration in the Land of Enchantment
Natalie Avalos
10 Global Indigeneity and Local Christianity: Performing O’Odham Identity in the Present
Seth Schermerhorn
11 Spiritual, Not Religious; Dene, Not Indigenous: Tłįchǫ Dene Discourses of Religion and Indigeneity
David S. Walsh
12 Unsettled Natives in the Newfoundland Imaginary
Suzanne Owen
13 The Shamanic Festival Isogaisa (NORWAY): Religious Meaning-Making in the Present
Trude Fonneland
14 Are Adivasis Indigenous?
Gregory D. Alles
15 Is Hinduism the World’s Largest Indigenous Religion?
Arkotong Longkumer
16 Literacy as Advocacy in the Donyipolo Movement of India
Claire S. Scheid
17 Ethnographies Returned: The Mobilisation of Ethnographies and the Politicisation of Indigeneity in Ifugao, the Philippines
Jon Henrik Ziegler Remme
18 The Beginning of a Long Journey: Maintaining and Reviving the Ancestral Religion among the Ainu in Japan
Takeshi Kimura
19 Replacing ‘Religion’ with Indigenous Spirit: Grounding Australian Indigenous Identity in Wider Worlds
Steve Bevis
20 Of Ruins and Revival: Heritage Formation and Khoisan Indigenous Identity in Post-apartheid South Africa
Duane Jethro
21 Global Intentions and Local Conflicts: The Rise and Fall of Ambuya Juliana in Zimbabwe
James L. Cox
Afterword: The Study of Religion and the Discourses of Indigeneity
Thomas A. Tweed
Index
All interested in contemporary indigenous religions and comparative, global studies of indigeneity. The volume is relevant for research libraries, scholars and students in religious studies, indigenous studies, and cognate fields.