The firm and the formless : religion and identity in aboriginal Australia / Hans Mol
- Bib ID:
- 2008476
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Mol, Hans, 1922-
- Description:
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- Waterloo, Ont, Canada : Wilfred Laurier University Press, c1982
- viii, 103 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 088920117X
- Series:
- Religion and identity : social-scientific studies in religion ; 2.
- Summary:
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Comprehensive survey based on secondary sources; Discusses relationship to land; theories of totemism; taboo; asceticism; ritual; rites of passage; myth; missionary influence; pentecostalism; neo-traditionalism; conditions for cultural revitalisation.
- Notes:
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- Includes index.
- Bibliography: p. [94]-99.
- Subject:
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- Aboriginal Australians -- Religion
- Aboriginal Australians -- Ethnic identity
- Mythology, Aboriginal Australian
- Religion - Totemism
- Religion - After death beliefs
- Stories and motifs
- Culture - Relationship to land
- Ceremonies
- Religions - Christianity - Pentecostalism - Assemblies of God
- Social organisation - Avoidance rules
- Indigenous knowledge - World view
- Australia
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2092 [Creator Date of Death + 70 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 2022
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1982
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