englischAn introduction to anthropological, ontological, and cosmological views of Scientology is presented in close connection with its ethical and educational principles. The dogmatic conceptions of anthropology and pedagogy are critically confronted with the value conceptions of large cultural [...]
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englischIn a sweeping work that draws from original research and insightful analysis, Cada día se ven muchos milagros offers a new window into faith and narratives of power in Dominican history. Pointing up a tale that understands providentialism from the perspective of rural, Afrodescendent, and [...]
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englischIn a sweeping work that draws from original research and insightful analysis, Cada día se ven muchos milagros offers a new window into faith and narratives of power in Dominican history. Pointing up a tale that understands providentialism from the perspective of rural, Afrodescendent, and [...]
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englischThis book provides an insightful view in the philosophical foundation of one the most crucial global practices, namely humanitarian action, in view of current developments in international ethics. Indeed, in a globalized world, the suffering of many people has become more tangible than ever, [...]
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englischThis book provides an insightful view in the philosophical foundation of one the most crucial global practices, namely humanitarian action, in view of current developments in international ethics. Indeed, in a globalized world, the suffering of many people has become more tangible than ever, [...]
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englischThe study here present deals with the diverse myths and rituals of South America from the lowlands to the Andes. Common to all traditions is the certainty that there is a connection between this world and the other world, people and deities, and that the various cosmic areas are connected. A [...]
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englischThe study here present deals with the diverse myths and rituals of South America from the lowlands to the Andes. Common to all traditions is the certainty that there is a connection between this world and the other world, people and deities, and that the various cosmic areas are connected. A [...]
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englischThis book addresses the translation of culture in the context of religion. The contributions, which analyse texts in literary, ethnohistorical and/or linguistic terms, show how different cultural traditions and languages are communicated across boundaries. They include studies of the [...]
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englischThis book addresses the translation of culture in the context of religion. The contributions, which analyse texts in literary, ethnohistorical and/or linguistic terms, show how different cultural traditions and languages are communicated across boundaries. They include studies of the [...]
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englischThe term 'pygmies' long time summarized simply all dwarfish populations of foragers scattered all over the equatorial rainforest of Africa. Missionaries and early ethnologists were fascinated by them because they assumed that the pygmy groups had a common origin and were perhaps direct, [...]
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