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Tag Archives: culture change
Mission studies, mission history, and the language of religious conversion
For those of us researching mission history, as much of my own research could appropriately be characterised, there are recurring questions about how to approach the issues raised. Coming as I do from a liberal Enlightenment university tradition, it is … Continue reading
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Tagged conversion, Critical Religion, culture change, language of Christianisation, liberal education, mission, mission history, power, university
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On Theory and Practice in Religious Studies
This is the first time I have ever ‘blogged’. In fact the latter word was so new to my PC that I had to add it to the dictionary in the software. In the course of the past two decade … Continue reading
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Tagged body, Critical Religion, culture change, decathexis, managerialism, religious studies, spiritualities, theology, university
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Pacha Tierra, Pacha Ñusta, Pacha Virgen – World Earth, World Inca Princess, World Virgin: Pachamama as female Trinity in the Andes?
Important questions in my research on Andean religion are how to analyse and interpret cultural diversity and change, and to look into the processes which shape our understanding of these phenomena. In methodological terms this means that we need to … Continue reading
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Tagged Andes, Critical Religion, culture change, hybridity, language of Christianisation, Quechua, religion
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