Living Without the Dead: Loss and Redemption in a Jungle Cosmos

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Just one generation ago, the Sora tribe in India lived in a world populated by the spirits of their dead, who spoke to them through shamans in trance. Every day, they negotiated their wellbeing in heated arguments or in quiet reflections on their feelings of love, anger, and guilt.

Today, young Sora are rejecting the worldview of their ancestors and switching their allegiance to warring sects of fundamentalist Christianity or Hinduism. Communion...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0226857778

ISBN13:9780226857770

Release Date:October 2017

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:380 Pages

Weight:1.45 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 6.2" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Religion Religion & Spirituality Social Science Social Sciences

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