Aboriginal Religions In Australia: An Anthology Of Recent Writings

Mostly anthropologists but also advocates for and representatives of aboriginal Australians discuss scholarly revaluations of aboriginal religions, religious business, sacred places, art and religion, different dreaming, religions and law, and religious exchanges. The specific topics include big businesswomen, sacred geography, Yolngu art and the creativity of the inside, life and land in aboriginal Australia, the religious factor in land rights, and faith and fear in aboriginal Christianity. The anthology, a sequel to the 1984 Religion in Aboriginal Australia: An Anthology, samples recent work to demonstrate how thinking on the matter has changed over the past two decades. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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