Interpreting Aboriginal Religion: An Historical Account

Interpreting Aboriginal Religion: An Historical Account

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Author: Tony Swan

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Interpreting Aboriginal Religion: An Historical Account by Tony Swan is a book published by the Australian Association For The Study Of Religion in 1985. Australian Aborigines have long been a high focus of attention for Western Anthropologists and have had a tremendous impact upon anthropological theory. At last an Australian scholar has investigated these Western investigators! Tony Swain has composed a history of anthropological and pre anthropological attitudes towards Australian Aboriginal religion (from 1606 to the modern era), familiarising students of the same with the early foundations of their subject matter and its methodologies. The resull is an important chapter in the history of ideas. "At a time when passions run high" (writes Eric Sharpe, Professor el Religious Studies at The University of Sydney) " a dispassionale look at the actual record of generations ol anthropologists in the face of Aboriginal religions and cultures is to be welcomed." Condition: Good. Paperback. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. Very small bookshop sticker affixed at front pastedown's bottom right corner.
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NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Photo is of the actual book - please note wear and tear. A description of our secondhand books is not always available. Please contact us if you have a question about this title.

Author: Tony Swan

Format: Softback

Number of Pages:


Interpreting Aboriginal Religion: An Historical Account by Tony Swan is a book published by the Australian Association For The Study Of Religion in 1985. Australian Aborigines have long been a high focus of attention for Western Anthropologists and have had a tremendous impact upon anthropological theory. At last an Australian scholar has investigated these Western investigators! Tony Swain has composed a history of anthropological and pre anthropological attitudes towards Australian Aboriginal religion (from 1606 to the modern era), familiarising students of the same with the early foundations of their subject matter and its methodologies. The resull is an important chapter in the history of ideas. "At a time when passions run high" (writes Eric Sharpe, Professor el Religious Studies at The University of Sydney) " a dispassionale look at the actual record of generations ol anthropologists in the face of Aboriginal religions and cultures is to be welcomed." Condition: Good. Paperback. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. Very small bookshop sticker affixed at front pastedown's bottom right corner.