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- catalog abstract "The Baniwa Indians of the Northwest Amazon (a frontier region on the borders of Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia) have engaged in millenarian movements since at least the middle of the nineteenth century. The defining characteristic of these movements is usually a prophecy of the end of this present world and the restoration of the primordial, utopian world of creation. This prophetic message, delivered by powerful shamans, has its roots in Baniwa myths of origin and creation. In this ethnography of Baniwa religion, Robin M. Wright explores the myths of creation and how they have been embodied in religious movements and social action - particularly in a widespread conversion to evangelical Christianity. This research sheds new light on millenarian, messianic, and prophetic movements in native South America. The book contributes to current theoretical discussions in anthropology on the links between myth, social action, and history. And it adds important new material to studies of the relations among native religions and Christianity.".
- catalog contributor b10880223.
- catalog coverage "Amazon River Valley Social life and customs.".
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Cosmogony : perspectives on the beginning and its legacy -- Guardians of the cosmos -- Indians and whites in Baniwa history -- Music of the ancestors -- The times of death -- Spiritualities of death and birth -- From rubber to the gospel -- Deo Iako : the creation of a new generation of believers.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "The Baniwa Indians of the Northwest Amazon (a frontier region on the borders of Brazil, Venezuela, and Colombia) have engaged in millenarian movements since at least the middle of the nineteenth century. The defining characteristic of these movements is usually a prophecy of the end of this present world and the restoration of the primordial, utopian world of creation. This prophetic message, delivered by powerful shamans, has its roots in Baniwa myths of origin and creation. In this ethnography of Baniwa religion, Robin M. Wright explores the myths of creation and how they have been embodied in religious movements and social action - particularly in a widespread conversion to evangelical Christianity.".
- catalog description "This research sheds new light on millenarian, messianic, and prophetic movements in native South America. The book contributes to current theoretical discussions in anthropology on the links between myth, social action, and history. And it adds important new material to studies of the relations among native religions and Christianity.".
- catalog extent "xx, 314 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Cosmos, self, and history in Baniwa religion.".
- catalog identifier "0292791224 (cloth : alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Cosmos, self, and history in Baniwa religion.".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Austin : University of Texas Press,".
- catalog relation "Cosmos, self, and history in Baniwa religion.".
- catalog spatial "Amazon River Valley Social life and customs.".
- catalog spatial "Amazon River Valley.".
- catalog subject "299/.8839 21".
- catalog subject "Baniwa Indians Religion.".
- catalog subject "Baniwa Indians Social life and customs.".
- catalog subject "Baniwa philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Christianity and culture Amazon River Valley.".
- catalog subject "F2520.1.B35 W75 1998".
- catalog subject "Nativistic movements Amazon River Valley.".
- catalog subject "Shamanism Amazon River Valley.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Cosmogony : perspectives on the beginning and its legacy -- Guardians of the cosmos -- Indians and whites in Baniwa history -- Music of the ancestors -- The times of death -- Spiritualities of death and birth -- From rubber to the gospel -- Deo Iako : the creation of a new generation of believers.".
- catalog title "Cosmos, self, and history in Baniwa religion : for those unborn / Robin M. Wright.".
- catalog type "text".