Dance and Resistance in Indigenous Amazonia: Challenges for Theology
This article articulates the theme of dance and resistance from the view of indigenous Amazonian people, and seeks to give them a voice. It notes how, as colonised peoples, they have been judged as inferior, infantile and backwards, and not fully human. The text presents the characteristics of the d...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2024, Issue: 5, Pages: 57-67 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Amazon region
/ Indigenous peoples
/ Persecution
/ Resistance
/ Ritual dance
/ Contextual theology
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CD Christianity and Culture FD Contextual theology KBR Latin America ZC Politics in general |
| Further subjects: | B
FAITH (Christianity)
B Dance |
| Summary: | This article articulates the theme of dance and resistance from the view of indigenous Amazonian people, and seeks to give them a voice. It notes how, as colonised peoples, they have been judged as inferior, infantile and backwards, and not fully human. The text presents the characteristics of the dances of various ethnicities; and an interpretation of them is made using three perspectives within indigenous theology. Insights are also obtained from the Christian tradition. The dance is an integral part of the social and spiritual life of indigenous peoples, forming relationships between them and rivers, flora, and the rest of the natural world. Within it, a potential for resistance is found, as well as their fragility. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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