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My career as an African missionary, interrupted by a short sojourn in Europe and another in India, began in 1877 on the eastern coast. I brought with me all the current ideas as to the black populations: fetichist peoples, without religion or morality, with no family life, stupidly adoring animals, trees, and stones.
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Anuradha Roy's first novel, An Atlas of Impossible Longing, has been published in 16 countries and translated into 13 languages across the world. It has been named by World Literature Today as one of the 60 most essential books on modern India and was shortlisted for the Crossword Prize. Her second novel, The Folded Earth, was published this year in the UK and India. She was the winner of the Picador-Outlook Non-fiction Award in 2004. Anuradha Roy was educated in Hyderabad, Calcutta and Cambridge (UK). Her journalism and book reviews have been widely published. She is an editor at Permanent Black, an independent press publishing in South Asian history, politics and culture. She lives mainly in Ranikhet, India, with her husband Rukun Advani and their dog, Biscoot.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book delves into the study of the religion of primitive peoples, as defined by the author, the Most Reverend Alexander Le Roy, as "primitive in many of their characteristics." The author acknowledges the recent interest in the scientific study of the history of religions. This book is a response to the growing skepticism and anti-Christian sentiment that has pervaded the field of religious studies and seeks to understand the beliefs and practices of non-Christian religions. The author examines the history of the science of religion, its major proponents, and the criticisms leveled against it. The book also discusses animism, totemism, fetichism, magic, and other related topics. The author argues that, by studying the religions of primitive peoples, we can gain a deeper understanding of the nature of religion itself. This book is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of religion, anthropology, or religious studies. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781331663560_0
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