Savage Systems examines the emergence of the concepts of ""religion""and ""religions"" on colonial frontiers. The book offers a detailed analysis of the ways in which European travelers, missionaries, settlers, and government agents, as well as indigenous Africans, engaged in the comparison of alternative religious ways of life as one dimension of intercultural contact. Focusing primarily on ninteenth-century frontier relations, David Chidester demonstrates that the terms and conditions for comparison-including a discrouse about ""otherness"" that were established during this period still remains.A volume in the series Studies in Religion and Culture.
| ISBN: | 9780813916675 |
| Publication date: | 30th November 1996 |
| Author: | David Chidester |
| Publisher: | University of Virginia Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 324 pages |
| Series: | Studies in Religion and Culture |
| Genres: |
Philosophy of religion |
Savage Systems examines the emergence of the concepts of ""religion""and ""religions"" on colonial frontiers. The book offers a detailed analysis of the ways in which European travelers, missionaries, settlers, and government agents, as well as indigenous Africans, engaged in the comparison of alternative religious ways of life as one dimension of intercultural contact. Focusing primarily on ninteenth-century frontier relations, David Chidester demonstrates that the terms and conditions for comparison-including a discrouse about ""otherness"" that were established during this period still remains.A volume in the series Studies in Religion and Culture.
Savage Systems features in the following genres: Philosophy of religion
Savage Systems is available in Paperback
Savage Systems was written by David Chidester and published by University of Virginia Press
Savage Systems has 324 pages
Yes it is part of Studies in Religion and Culture series