Aboriginal Religions in Australia

Emeritus Professor Max Charlesworth, University of Melbourne and Deakin University, Australia, Associate Professor Françoise Dussart, University of Connecticut, USA and Professor Howard Morphy, Director of the Centre for Cross-Cultural Research, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

• Contents: Introduction, Max Charlesworth. Part 1 Revaluations: Introduction, Max Charlesworth; Baldwin Spencer and F.J. Gillen, John Mulvaney; High gods, L.R. Hiatt; Stanner on Aboriginal religion, Ian Keen. Part 2 Religious Business: Introduction, Howard Morphy; 'Women's business', what is it?, Diane Bell; Big businesswomen, Françoise Dussart. Part 3 Sacred Places: Introduction, Françoise Dussart; Do places appear?, Francesca Merlan; Sacred geography, Marcia Langton; Myth and history, Peter Sutton. Part 4 Art and Religion: Introduction, Françoise Dussart; Yolngu art and the creativity of the inside, Howard Morphy; Linda Syddick on longing, Fred Myers; The enigma of Emily Kngwarray, Jenny Green. Part 5 Different Dreamings: Introduction, Howard Morphy; Aboriginal religion today, John Morton; Life and land in Aboriginal Australia, Deborah Bird Rose; Creation in the Kimberley, David Mowaljarlai. Part 6 Religions and Law: Introduction, Max Charlesworth; Land rights: the religious factor, Frank Brennan; The Hindmarsh Bridge affair and secret knowledge, Robert Tonkinson. Part 7 Religious Exchanges: Introduction, Max Charlesworth; Faith and fear in Aboriginal Christianity, Fiona Magowan; Islam and Australian Aborigines, Ian McIntosh. Index.

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