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    The Polynesian Iconoclasm : Religious Revolution and the Seasonality of Power (2014)
    New York, NY : [s.n.]
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    ISBN: 9781782384144
    Language: Undetermined
    Pages: 170 p.
    Edition: 1st edition
    Series Statement: ASAO Studies in Pacific Anthropology 5
    Keywords: Religion
    Abstract: Within little more than ten years in the early nineteenth century, inhabitants of Tahiti, Hawaii and fifteen other closely related societies destroyed or desecrated all of their temples and most of their god-images. In the aftermath of the explosive event, which Sissons terms the Polynesian Iconoclasm, hundreds of architecturally innovative churches - one the size of two football fields - were constructed. At the same time, Christian leaders introduced oppressive laws and courts, which the youth resisted through seasonal displays of revelry and tattooing. Seeking an answer to why this event occurred in the way that it did, this book introduces and demonstrates an alternative "practice history" that draws on the work of Marshall Sahlins and employs Bourdieu's concepts of habitus, improvisation and practical logic.
    Description / Table of Contents: List of Figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction: Exploding History -- Chapter 1.The Seasonality of Life -- Chapter 2.The Moʻorean Iconoclasm -- Chapter 3. Pomare's Iconoclasm as Seasonal Sacrifice -- Chapter 4. More Distant Emulations -- Chapter 5. Re-consecrating the World -- Chapter 6. Re-binding Societies -- Chapter 7. New Tabus and Ancient Pleasures -- Chapter 8. History, Habitus and Seasonality -- Appendix -- References --
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    A Prophetic Trajectory : Ideologies of Place, Time and Belonging in an Angolan Religious Movement (2014)
    New York, NY : [s.n.]
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    ISBN: 9781782382737
    Language: Undetermined
    Pages: 248 p.
    Edition: 1st edition
    Keywords: Religion
    Abstract: Combining ethnographic and historical research conducted in Angola, Portugal, and the United Kingdom, A Prophetic Trajectory tells the story of Simão Toko, the founder and leader of one of the most important contemporary Angolan religious movements. The book explains the historical, ethnic, spiritual, and identity transformations observed within the movement, and debates the politics of remembrance and heritage left behind after Toko's passing in 1984. Ultimately, it questions the categories of prophetism and charisma, as well as the intersections between mobility, memory, and belonging in the Atlantic Lusophone sphere.
    Description / Table of Contents: List of Illustrations -- Preface -- -- Introduction: prophetic territories and temporalities -- -- PART I: ITINERARIES -- -- Chapter 1. Trajectories: a prophetic biography, part I -- Chapter 2. Trajectories: a prophetic biography, part II -- -- PART II: HERITAGES -- -- Chapter 3. Transmission: word, action and mediation -- Chapter 4. Trepidation: spirits, memories and disputed heritage -- Chapter 5. Transcendence: Tokoist diasporas -- -- Conclusion -- -- Primary sources -- Bibliography -- Index --
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