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The Religion of Small Societies
The Religion, Scriptures, and Spirituality Series (Related to this series)
- Author
- Ninian Smart
- Narrator
- Ben Kingsley
- Publish Date
- 30 March 2006
- Run Time
- 2 hours 53 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The religious practices and understandings of small indigenous societies are recognized by many to be in no way inferior to other religious beliefs. Many such cultures still exist; their prescientific, even prehistoric social and intellectual pattern includes shamans, sacrifices, totems, animism, taboos, and certain rituals and myths that reflect their unique and increasingly rare way of life.
The Religion, Scriptures, and Spirituality Series describes the beliefs, religious practices, and the spiritual and moral commitments of the world’s great religious traditions. It describes a religion’s way of understanding life and its attitude and relationship to society.
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- Author
- Ninian Smart
- Narrator
- Ben Kingsley
- Duration
- 2 hours 53 minutes
- Release Date
- 30 March 2006
- ISBN
- 9781481544078
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Traditional African religions and spiritual beliefs, Other indigenous, ethnic and folk religions and spiritual beliefs, Religion and beliefs, Social groups: religious groups and communities
Synopsis
The religious practices and understandings of small indigenous societies are recognized by many to be in no way inferior to other religious beliefs. Many such cultures still exist; their prescientific, even prehistoric social and intellectual pattern includes shamans, sacrifices, totems, animism, taboos, and certain rituals and myths that reflect their unique and increasingly rare way of life.The Religion, Scriptures, and Spirituality Series describes the beliefs, religious practices, and the spiritual and moral commitments of the world’s great religious traditions. It describes a religion’s way of understanding life and its attitude and relationship to society.
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