ABORIGINAL AUSTRALIANA
Interdisciplinary collection spans twenty years of scholarship on Aboriginal religions.
- xxvi, 206 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 24 cm. #301124 (Light pencil notes on prelim only.)
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- In Memory of Colin Badger / Norman Habel
- Introduction / Max Charlesworth
- 1. Some Aspects of Aboriginal Religion / W.E.H. Stanner
- 2. A Profile of Good and Bad in Australian Aboriginal Religion / Ronald M. Berndt
- 3. Aboriginal Women and the Religious Experience / Diane Bell
- 4. On ‘Understanding’ Australian Aboriginal Religion / Tony Swain
- 5. Aboriginal Spirituality: Land as Holder of Story and Myth in Recent Aboriginal Art / Rosemary Crumlin
- 6. Ned Kelly Died for Our Sins / Deborah Bird Rose
- 7. Riders in the Chariot: Aboriginal Conversion to Christianity in Remote Australia / Peter Willis
- 8. Land Rights – The Religious Factor / Frank Brennan
- 9. Mabo’s Law in Court: The Religious Background to the Mabo Case / Nonie Sharp.
Notes:
- “The essays which make up this collection were given as lectures in a continuing series on comparative religion sponsored by the Charles Strong Memorial Trust over the last twenty years”–Introd.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- This remarkable collection brings together lectures on Australian Aboriginal religion given under the auspices of the Charles Strong Memorial Trust. The distinguished team of contributors bring the insights of anthropology, history and theology to a range of topics, revealing the complexity, diversity and dynamism within Aboriginal religion.
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