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کتابخانه
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LA126682
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Towards a Post-colonial Reflection on Shaman and Shamanism as Conceptual Tools in Biblical Studies
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[Article]
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Pieter F. Craffert
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Leiden
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Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The almost complete absence of any reference to the terms shaman and shamanism in Biblical Studies has its roots in the historical prejudice in Western scholarship against them, and originated from colonial ethnocentrism and Christian notions of superiority. However, the shaman, defined as a practitioner who based on the alteration of ordinary consciousness serves a community with particular functions, represents a recognisable pattern in numerous cultural settings while the growth in the multidisciplinary study of shamanism in recent decades shows a growth in one of the oldest patterns of religious activities in human history. The study of shamanism does not only provide a body of comparative research but analytical models for explaining the most extraordinary and anomalous aspects found also in biblical texts, namely, prophesy, divination, healing and exorcism as well as heavenly journeys and spirit possession. The almost complete absence of any reference to the terms shaman and shamanism in Biblical Studies has its roots in the historical prejudice in Western scholarship against them, and originated from colonial ethnocentrism and Christian notions of superiority. However, the shaman, defined as a practitioner who based on the alteration of ordinary consciousness serves a community with particular functions, represents a recognisable pattern in numerous cultural settings while the growth in the multidisciplinary study of shamanism in recent decades shows a growth in one of the oldest patterns of religious activities in human history. The study of shamanism does not only provide a body of comparative research but analytical models for explaining the most extraordinary and anomalous aspects found also in biblical texts, namely, prophesy, divination, healing and exorcism as well as heavenly journeys and spirit possession.
SET
Date of Publication
2019
Physical description
173-215
Title
Religion and Theology
Volume Number
26/3-4
International Standard Serial Number
1574-3012
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
altered states of consciousness
Subject Term
post-colonial
Subject Term
shamanic studies
Subject Term
shamanism
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Pieter F. Craffert
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10.1163/15743012-02603004
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[Article]
275578
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