The Potent Dead

Author : Anthony Reid
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000247104
Total Pages : 343 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Potent Dead written by Anthony Reid and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-08-20 with total page 343 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The dead are potent and omnipresent in modern Indonesia. Presidents and peasants alike meditate before sacred graves to exploit the power they confer, and mediums do good business curing the sick by interpreting the wishes of deceased forebears. Among non-Muslims there are ritual burials of the bones of the dead in monuments both magnificent and modest. By promoting dead heroes to a nationalist pantheon, regions and ethnic groups establish their place within the national story. Although much has been written about the local forms of the scriptural religions to which modern Indonesians are required by law to adhere - Islam, Christianity, Hinduism and Buddhism - this is the first book to assess the indigenous systems of belief in the spirits of ancestors. Sometimes these systems are condemned in the name of the formal religions, but more often the potent dead coexist as a private dimension of everyday religious practice. A unique team of anthropologists, historians and literary scholars from Europe, Australia and North America demonstrate the continuing importance of the potent dead for understanding contemporary Indonesia. At the same time, they help us understand historic processes of conversion to Islam and Christianity by examining the continuing interactions of the spirit world with formal religion.

Author : Sarah Tarlow
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191650382
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial written by Sarah Tarlow and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-06-06 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Death and Burial reviews the current state of mortuary archaeology and its practice, highlighting its often contentious place in the modern socio-politics of archaeology. It contains forty-four chapters which focus on the history of the discipline and its current scientific techniques and methods. Written by leading, international scholars in the field, it derives its examples and case studies from a wide range of time periods, such as the middle palaeolithic to the twentieth century, and geographical areas which include Europe, North and South America, Africa, and Asia. Combining up-to-date knowledge of relevant archaeological research with critical assessments of the theme and an evaluation of future research trajectories, it draws attention to the social, symbolic, and theoretical aspects of interpreting mortuary archaeology. The volume is well-illustrated with maps, plans, photographs, and illustrations and is ideally suited for students and researchers.

Author : Rui Feijo
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
ISBN 13 : 9048544440
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dead as Ancestors, Martyrs, and Heroes in Timor-Leste written by Rui Feijo and published by Amsterdam University Press. This book was released on 2020-09-29 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the 24-year Indonesian occupation of Timor-Leste, thousands of people died or were killed in circumstances that did not allow the required death rituals to be performed at the time. Since the country attained independence in 1999, families have consequently devoted significant time, effort and resources to fulfilling their obligations to the dead. These obligations are accorded particular significance due to the fact that the dead are ascribed agency and can play a benevolent or malevolent role in the lives of the living. Such grassroots initiatives run in parallel with, and reveal a range of different attitudes towards, official initiatives that seek to transform particular dead bodies into public symbols of heroism, sacrifice and nationhood. This book focuses on the dynamic interplay between the potent presence of the dead in everyday life and their symbolic usefulness in wider processes of state and nation formation.

Author : John Granger Cook
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 3161565037
Total Pages : 733 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Empty Tomb, Apotheosis, Resurrection written by John Granger Cook and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2018-09-06 with total page 733 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Back cover: In this work, John Granger Cook argues that there is no fundamental difference between Paul's conception of the resurrection body and that of the Gospels; and, the resurresction and translation stories of antiquity help explain the willingness of Mediterranean people to accept the Gospel of a risen savior.

Author : Nicola Harrington
Publisher : Studies in Funerary Archaeolog
ISBN 13 : 9781842174937
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Living with the Dead written by Nicola Harrington and published by Studies in Funerary Archaeolog. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Living with the Dead presents a detailed analysis of ancestor worship in Egypt, using a diverse range of material, both archaeological and anthropological, to examine the relationship between the living and the dead. Iconography and terminology associated with the deceased reveal indistinct differences between the blessedness and malevolence and that the potent spirit of the dead required constant propitiation in the form of worship and offerings. A range of evidence is presented for mortuary cults that were in operation throughout Egyptian history and for the various places, such as the house, shrines, chapels and tomb doorways, where the living could interact with the dead. The private statue cult, where images of individuals were venerated as intermediaries between people and the Gods is also discussed. Collective gatherings and ritual feasting accompanied the burial rites with separate, mortuary banquets serving to maintain ongoing ritual practices focusing on the deceased. Something of a contradiction in attitudes is expressed in the evidence for tomb robbery, the reuse of tombs and funerary equipment and the ways in which communities dealt with the death and burial of children and others on the fringe of society. This significant study furthers our understanding of the complex relationship the ancient Egyptians had with death and with their ancestors; both recently departed and those in the distant past.

Author : Marie Ada Molineux
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Phrase Book from the Poetic and Dramatic Works of Robert Browning written by Marie Ada Molineux and published by . This book was released on 1896 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : William Kean Seymour
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 106 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swords and Flutes written by William Kean Seymour and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Peter Le Page Renouf
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Egyptian Book of the Dead written by Peter Le Page Renouf and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Herbert Lockyer
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 9780310281016
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book All the Miracles of the Bible written by Herbert Lockyer and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 1988-09-26 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the supernatural in Scripture, including the scope and significance of events and embodiments.

Author : William W. Johnstone
Publisher : Pinnacle Books
ISBN 13 : 0786043857
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Time written by William W. Johnstone and published by Pinnacle Books. This book was released on 2020-01-28 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Johnstone Country. Try Not to Get Killed. In this explosive Hank Fallon thriller, the justice-seeking ex-con goes undercover and behind bars to expose a plot as big, as bold, and as deadly as the American Civil War . . . GET OUT OF JAIL FREE—OR DIE Doing time in Texas is no picnic. But getting sent to The Walls in Huntsville is a fate worse than hanging. If the guards don’t kill you, the prisoners will. And if it weren’t for the fact that the man who framed Hank Fallon and murdered his family could be inside The Walls, Hank would never step one foot in that heinous helltrap—let alone go undercover as an inmate. But this isn’t just another assignment. This is his chance for revenge . . . Inside The Walls, Hank quickly discovers who’s boss—as well as judge, jury, and executioner. The only relief from the gang fights and guard beatings is a prison work program that allows inmates to leave The Walls to work for plantation owner J.J. Justice. Hank figures it can’t be any worse than jail. But it is. Seems that Justice is ordering the men to commit robberies and murders. He’s stockpiling weapons. Building an army. And planning to restart the Civil War—all in the name of Justice . . . Live Free. Read Hard.