Clearing curses and commanding crocodiles: observations of atypical events in rural Solomon Islands
Solomon Islanders draw on stories of their ancestral origins to understand changes in their political and economic circumstances. These stories associate the power of the ancestors with their contemporary social world and both respond to and change the politico-religious environment in which they ar...
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis
[2017]
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Journal of religious and political practice
Year: 2017, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 183-195 |
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B Prophets B Melanesia B Cosmology B logging |
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