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521	Forces of change : A theoretical analysis of syncretism between Theravada Buddhism and animistic indigenous beliefs in Thailand Nilsson, Erik January 2010 (has links) Urak Lawoi is the name of one of the sea nomadic tribes which lives along the shores of Myanmar, Thailand and Malaysia. They are spread on many of the islands in the Andaman Sea archipelago and Ko Lanta is the main settlement. Urak Lawoi is regarded as the indigenous people of the island and they live there as a minority together with Muslims and Thai-Chinese. The traditional religion and culture of Urak Lawoi is built upon the animistic belief of their ancestors. In the last 20 years Ko Lanta has experienced a tremendous process of change caused by increasing tourism. The conditions of the Urak Lawoi and their way of life have dramatically changed. The fact that this process brings consequences for the traditional culture and religion is obvious, but in what direction is it developing? To be able to interpret and expound the material from my field studies among Urak Lawoi on Ko Lanta in October-December 2009, I have done a literature search to investigate the animistic traditions and the syncretistic nature of belief in Thailand. I have also tried to find theories about the process of religious change and the forces working behind them. In this essay I am trying to do a theoretical analysis of the field study material using theories and parallel examples I have found in the literature. History of religion anthropology of religion animism syncretism anti-syncretism sea nomads sea gypsies Urak Lawoi Chao Ley Thai Mai spirit ghost indigenous people ancestors founders’ cults spirit cults Theravada Buddhism Ko Lanta Andaman Sea Thailand. HUMANITIES and RELIGION HUMANIORA och RELIGIONSVETENSKAP Religion/Theology Religionsvetenskap/Teologi Sociology of religion Religionssociologi
522	The black church and African American education the African Methodist Episcopal Church educating for liberation, 1816-1893 / Childs, David J. January 2009 (has links) Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references (p. 153-168).
523	The Gender Problem of Buddhist Nationalism in Myanmar: The 969 Movement and Theravada Nuns d'Elena, Grisel 01 April 2016 (has links) This thesis uses transnational and Black feminist frameworks to analyze Buddhist nationalist discourses of gender and violence against religious and ethnic minorities in Myanmar. Burmese Buddhist nationalists’ marginalization of the Muslim Rohingya ethnic minority is inextricably linked to their attempts to control Buddhist women. Research includes interviews with U Ashin Wirathu, the leader of the monastic-led nationalist group, the 969 Movement, and with other monks of the organization, as well as with non-nationalist monks, nuns and laywomen. I also analyze Theravada textual discourse as read by my subjects in light of the history of Myanmar to understand the ways the local Theravada tradition has marginalized women and non-Buddhists. By connecting the lack of bhikkhuni ordination and laws hindering Buddhist women from marrying non-Buddhist men with the portrayal of the Rohingya as a threat to the nation, I show how Buddhist nationalists attempt to consolidate power and forestall the democratization process. Buddhism Religion and Violence Feminism Myanmar Theravada Burma Asian History Asian Studies Buddhist Studies Community-Based Research Ethics in Religion Ethnic Studies Gender and Sexuality History of Religion Inequality and Stratification International Relations New Religious Movements Politics and Social Change Race and Ethnicity Social and Cultural Anthropology Sociology of Religion Women's Studies
524	Lucumí (Yoruba) Culture in Cuba: A Reevaluation (1830S -1940s) Ramos, Miguel 01 November 2013 (has links) The status, roles, and interactions of three dominant African ethnic groups and their descendants in Cuba significantly influenced the island’s cubanidad (national identity): the Lucumís (Yoruba), the Congos (Bantú speakers from Central West Africa), and the Carabalís (from the region of Calabar). These three groups, enslaved on the island, coexisted, each group confronting obstacles that threatened their way of life and cultural identities. Through covert resistance, cultural appropriation, and accommodation, all three, but especially the Lucumís, laid deep roots in the nineteenth century that came to fruition in the twentieth. During the early 1900s, Cuba confronted numerous pressures, internal and external. Under the pretense of a quest for national identity and modernity, Afro-Cubans and African cultures and religion came under political, social, and intellectual attack. Race was an undeniable element in these conflicts. While all three groups were oppressed equally, only the Lucumís fought back, contesting accusations of backwardness, human sacrifice, cannibalism, and brujería (witchcraft), exaggerated by the sensationalistic media, often with the police’s and legal system’s complicity. Unlike the covert character of earlier epochs’ responses to oppression, in the twentieth century Lucumí resistance was overt and outspoken, publically refuting the accusations levied against African religions. Although these struggles had unintended consequences for the Lucumís, they gave birth to cubanidad’s African component. With the help of Fernando Ortiz, the Lucumí were situated at the pinnacle of a hierarchical pyramid, stratifying African religious complexes based on civilizational advancement, but at a costly price. Social ascent denigrated Lucumí religion to the status of folklore, depriving it of its status as a bona fide religious complex. To the present, Lucumí religious descendants, in Cuba and, after 1959, in many other areas of the world, are still contesting this contradiction in terms: an elevated downgrade. Lucumi religion Yoruba religion Afro-Cuban religion Fernando Ortiz Cuba and De-Africanization Cuba Afro-Cuba Orisha religion Santeria Congo peoples in Cuba Carabali peoples in Cuba Lucumi peoples in Cuba Abakuá society Ñañigos Anti-witchcraft campaigns Cuba African History Cultural History History of Religion Latin American History Oral History Other Religion Social and Cultural Anthropology
525	The Secular is Divine, and the Divine is Secular - Black People's Experiences with and amongst Nature as Spiritual Praxis, as Preserved by Black Women Malik I Raymond (13171995) 29 July 2022 (has links) <p>This work looks at the intersections of nature, race, and spirituality in Black communities primarily situated in the United States from the early 20th century to the present day. These communties stories are interpreted through the Black women that lived in them, and their stories denote that Black folks' relationship with and amongst nature could not be had without spiritual praxes in their day-to-day lives. </p> Music performance Environmental history Gender history Histories of race History of religion Feminist and queer theory Gender relations Black Black Women Black Communities Spirituality Nature Outdoors Pastoral Religion Literature Art Paintings Song Dance Music Geography US South Rural Urban Black Queer Studies Eco-spirituality Womanism Ecowomanism Black Feminist Studies Music Studies Sound Studies
526	Jewish Women’s Transracial Epistemological Networks: Representations of Black Women in the African Diaspora, 1930-1980 Gondek, Abby S 21 March 2018 (has links) This dissertation investigates how Jewish women social scientists relationally established their gendered-racialized subjectivities and theories about race-gender-sexuality-class through their portrayals of black women’s sexuality and family structures in the African Diaspora: the U.S., Brazil, South Africa, Swaziland, and the U.K. The central women in this study: Ellen Hellmann, Ruth Landes, Hilda Kuper, and Ruth Glass, were part of the same “political generation,” born in 1908-1912, coming of age when Jews of European descent experienced an ambivalent and conditional assimilation into whiteness, a form of internal colonization. I demonstrate how each woman’s familial origin point in Europe, parental class and political orientations, were important factors influencing her later personal/professional networks and social science theorizing about women of color. However, other important factors included the national racial context, the political affiliations of her partners, her marital status and her transracial fieldwork experiences. One of the main problems my work addresses is how the internal colonization process in differing nations within the Jewish diaspora differently affected and positioned Jewish social scientists from divergent class and political affiliations. Gendering Aamir Mufti’s primarily male-oriented argument, I demonstrate how Jewish internal divergences serve as an example that highlights the lack of uniformity within any “identity” group, and the ways that minority groups, like Jews, use measures of “abnormal” gender and sexuality, to create internal exiled minorities in order to try to assimilate into the majority colonizing culture. My dissertation addresses three problems within previous studies of Jewish social scientists by creating a gendered analysis of the history of Jews in social science, an analysis of Jewish subjectivity within histories of women (who were Jewish) in social science, and a critique of the either-or assumption that Jewishness necessarily equated with a “radical” anti-racist approach or a “colonizing” stance toward black communities. The data collection followed a mixed methods approach, incorporating archival research, ethnographic object analysis, site visits in Brazil and South Africa, consultations with library, archive and museum professionals, and interviews with scholars connected to the core women in the study. Jewish subjectivity Jewish diaspora African diaspora Jewish women black women history of social science internal colonization whiteness African History African Languages and Societies African Studies Gender and Sexuality History of Gender History of Religion Inequality and Stratification Intellectual History Jewish Studies Latin American History Latin American Studies Migration Studies Race and Ethnicity Social and Cultural Anthropology Theory, Knowledge and Science Urban Studies and Planning Women's History Women's Studies
527	Talk This Way: A Look at the Historical Conversation Between Hip-Hop and Christianity Swanson, Joshua 01 August 2020 (has links) Christianity and Hip-Hop culture are often said to be at odds with one another. One is said to promote a lifestyle of righteousness and love, while the other is said to promote drugs, violence, and pride. As a result, the public has portrayed these two institutions as conflicting with no willingness to resolve their perceived differences. This paper will argue that there has always been a healthy conversation between Hip-Hop and Christianity since Hip-Hop’s inception. Using sources like Hip-Hop lyrics, theologians, historians, autobiographies, sermons, and articles that range from Ma$e to Tipper Gore, this paper will look at the conversation between Hip-Hop and Christianity that has been ongoing for decades. This thesis will show why that conversation is essential for the church and necessary for Hip-Hop artists to express themselves fully. This paper will show rap and Hip-Hop culture to be a complex institution with its own theology, history, and prophets – that uses its own voice to express how urban youth view not only their lives but also how God and the church are present in their lives. hip-hop christianity history theology Christiain rap african american African American Studies American Art and Architecture American Popular Culture American Studies Biblical Studies Christian Denominations and Sects Christianity Cultural History Ethnic Studies Ethnomusicology History of Christianity History of Religion Modern Art and Architecture New Religious Movements Other American Studies Other Arts and Humanities Other Music Practical Theology Public History Religious Education Social History Sociology of Culture Sociology of Religion United States History Urban Studies and Planning

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