Towards a Post-colonial Reflection on Shaman and Shamanism as Conceptual Tools in Biblical Studies
The almost complete absence of any reference to the terms shaman and shamanism in Biblical Studies has its roots in the historical prejudice in Western scholarship against them, and originated from colonial ethnocentrism and Christian notions of superiority. However, the shaman, defined as a practit...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Journals Online & Print: | Drawer...
|
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Published: |
Brill
[2019]
|
| In: |
Religion & theology
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 3/4, Pages: 173-215 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Postcolonialism
/ Theology
/ Exegesis
/ Shamanism
/ Cultural system
|
| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AZ New religious movements BB Indigenous religions HA Bible ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
shamanic studies
B Shamanism B Post-colonial B Shaman B Altered states of consciousness |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Resolving-System) Volltext (doi) |