Taking Divination Seriously: From Mumbo Jumbo to Worldviews and Ways of Life
The peripheral role of divination in religious studies reflects centuries of misrepresentation and depreciation in the textual record. This long history dates back to the travel literature of early modern times, particularly in West Africa, where two stereotypical themes took form: divination as mum...
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Language: | English |
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MDPI
[2018]
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Religions
Year: 2018, Volume: 9, Issue: 12, Pages: 1-9 |
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stereotypes about divination
B existence and suffering B Ontology B Pragmatism B worldviews and ways of life B Africa B divination in discourse and practice B religion and religious studies B knowledge and epistemology B praxis and praxeology |
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