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Ancestor Worship

Books on: ancestor worship

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Ancestor Worship and Korean Society

Book by Dawnhee Yim Janelli; Stanford University, 1982

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Ancestor Worship--Korea (South)

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...mourning shrine, as if the ancestor were still participating in...Korean writer claimed that ancestor worship began because families missed...may be led to greet insa the ancestor in the mourning shrine, just...to both living elders and ancestors in mourning shrines. And...
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The Potent Dead: Ancestors, Saints, and Heroes in Contemporary Indonesia

Book by Henri Chambert-Loir, Anthony Reid; Allen & Unwin, 2002

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Ancestor Worship--Indonesia, Cemeteries--Indonesia, Death--Symbolic Aspects--Indonesia, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies--Indonesia, Indonesia--Religious Life And Customs, Indonesia--Social Life And Customs

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ANCESTORS Ancestor worship, as one way to communicate with...the deceased from the worship of ancestors. The first term includes all concepts...contradistinction to this earthly dimension, ancestor worship refers to the transcendent...
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Under the Ancestors' Shadow: Chinese Culture and Personality

Book by Francis L. K. Hsu; Columbia University Press, 1948

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Ancestor Worship, China--Social Life And Customs

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Ching Ming visit to ancestral graveyards, and the ancestor-worship festival in the 7th Moon, continue for more than...of most-feared disasters. With the exception of ancestor worship, the occasions for offerings are to insure good...
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The Belief in Immortality and the Worship of the Dead - Vol. 1

Book by J. G. Frazer; Macmillan, 1913

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Ancestor Worship--Oceania, Burial, Funeral Rites And Ceremonies--Oceania, Immortality--Comparative Studies, Oceania--Religion, Oceania--Social Life And Customs

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...clear for the development of ancestor worship: the dead forefathers, viewed...to this particular totemic ancestor might under favourable circumstances...develop through a phase of ancestor worship into a pantheon of...none of the other totemic ancestors of the Central Australian...
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The Goddesses' Henchmen: Gender in Indian Hero Worship

Book by Lindsey Harlan; Oxford University Press, 2003

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Hero Worship--India--Rajasthan, Nationalism--India--Rajasthan--Religious Aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...is true that most families worship only one or two heroes whereas many ancestors would have died violently...incorporated into the general lot of ancestors. Although the numbers do...the family may take their ancestors ashes euphemistically referred...submerged and dissipated so that ancestor and family may be relieved...

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Journal Articles on: ancestor worship

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The Universality of Ancestor Worship

Journal article by Lyle B. Steadman, Craig T. Palmer, Christopher F. Tilley; Ethnology, Vol. 35, 1996

Subjects:

Ancestor worship--Social aspects, Religion, Primitive--Social aspects, Spiritualism--Religious aspects

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...connection between ancestors and spirits or...excluded from the ancestor worship category. For...Aztecs lacked ancestor worship, he makes several...able to influence ancestors; e.g...Swanson as lacking ancestor worship. This means that...communication between ancestors and their living...
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Disrespecting the Dead and the Living: Iban Ancestor Worship and the Violation of Mourning Taboos

Journal article by Reed L. Wadley; Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, Vol. 5, 1999

Subjects:

Ancestor worship--Religious aspects, Religion--Research, Rites and ceremonies--Evaluation, Taboo--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...THE LIVING: IBAN ANCESTOR WORSHIP AND THE VIOLATION...around the worship of ancestors and the maintenance...1980. The great ancestors are watching: a cross...elders and betters: ancestor worship at Antissa, Lesbos...1994. Visiting dead ancestors: shamans as interpreters...
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Everywhere Incense Burning: Remembering Ancestors in Doi Moi Vietnam

Journal article by Kate Jellema; Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, Vol. 38, 2007

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Ancestor worship--Analysis, Ancestor worship--Methods, Vietnamese culture--Analysis

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...Minh. The survey on ancestor worship conducted in the Hanoi...capabilities of the ancestors is not unusual. In...time, in Vietnam the ancestors themselves continue...to the practice of ancestor worship but also to everyday...todays Dinh Bang, ancestors are potent spiritual...
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Rethinking Ancestors and Colonial Power in Madagascar

Journal article by Jennifer Cole, Karen Middleton; Africa, Vol. 71, 2001

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Ancestor worship--Madagascar, Burial--Rites and ceremonies, Funerals--Rites and ceremonies, Imperialism--Madagascar, Madagascar--History

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...Betsimisaraka conceptions of ancestors (razana) strongly...classic model of `ancestor worship formulated for West...1961, 1965), where ancestors are represented as...French models of `ancestor worship supposed. For neither...does the language of ancestors necessarily imply...
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Ancestor Worship and Identity: Ritual, Interpretation, and Social Normalization in the Malaysian Chinese Community

Journal article by Ian Clarke; SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia, Vol. 15, 2000

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...celebrated as ancestors) is not a descendant...ritual practice of ancestor worship is generative...descendants and ancestors, socially defining...Aspects of Ancestor Worship in Northern Taiwan". In Ancestors, edited by William...

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Magazine Articles on: ancestor worship

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Respecting Our Ancestors: Christianity & the Confucian Tradition

Magazine article by Wan-Li Ho; Commonweal, Vol. 132, January 14, 2005

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Ancestor worship--Religious aspects, Fasts and feasts--Personal narratives, Harmony (Philosophy)--Personal narratives

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, Entire Library

Respecting Our Ancestors: Christianity the Confucian Tradition...steeped in the Confucian tradition of ancestor veneration. So it was natural for...male (Taigong) and female (Taipo) ancestors, and to set out two bowls of rice...were listed the names of our foremost ancestors, and to the side was a longer genealogical...
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When the Land Is Worn out : Eating Corn with the Ancestors

Magazine article by Teake Zuidima; World and I, Vol. 18, June 2003

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Ancestor worship--Methods, Manners and customs--International aspects, Mexicans--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Mexico--Fairs and festivals

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When the Land Is Worn out : Eating Corn with the Ancestors. by Teake Zuidima Dona Christina Arjona mixes atole...shantytowns of Cancun have come to eat with their deceased ancestors. They are in the garden now, drinking too much beer...
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"Amen" and "Ashe": African American Protestant Worship and Its West African Ancestor

Magazine article by Will Coleman; Cross Currents, Vol. 52, Summer 2002

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African Americans--Religion, Cosmology--Religious aspects, Liturgies, Protestantism

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...African American Protestant worship and its West African ancestor. by Will Coleman In this...dimension. These are the ancestors. The ancestors are familial in the sense...thought to be reincarnated ancestors. Both the very young and...
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Marlborough Country: Charles Spencer Tells How the Victories of His Great Ancestor John Churchill Have Always Fascinated Him

Magazine article by Charles Spencer; History Today, Vol. 54, August 2004

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Battle of Blenheim, 1704, British history, Churchill, John--Achievements and awards

Collections: History, Entire Library

...How the Victories of His Great Ancestor John Churchill Have Always Fascinated...collection in my indolent charmer of all ancestor, the Hon. John Spencer. He was...deaths. I was not interested in ancestor worship so much as in people-watching...
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An Ode to Ancestors

Magazine article by Susanne Kallanian; School Arts, Vol. 104, February 2005

Subjects:

Benin--Social aspects, Benin--Study and teaching, Classroom management--Management, Classroom techniques--Management, Fon (African people)--Study and teaching

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...lineage, the long line of ancestors, through which an individual...his or her descent. The worship of these ancestors is an integral part of Fon...ceremonies take place. Each ancestor usually has one asen. However...those in the world beyond. Ancestors provide counsel and help...

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Newspaper Articles on: ancestor worship

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Was Your Ancestor a Cannibal? It's a Spine-Chilling Discovery- Hundreds of Expertly Butchered Human Bones That Suggest Cannibalism Was Rife among Early man.What's Even More Shocking Is That the Victims May Have Been HAPPY to Be Eaten ..

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 12, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Was Your Ancestor a Cannibal? Its a Spine-Chilling Discovery- Hundreds of Expertly...gods. Their religion would have combined elements of shamanism and ancestor worship, and the heart of their beliefs would have been the eternal cycle...
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Was Your Ancestor a Cannibal? It's a Spine-Chilling Discovery - Hundreds of Expertly Butchered Human Bones That Suggest Cannibalism Was Rife among Early man.What's Even More Shocking Is That the Victims May Have Been HAPPY to Be Eaten ..

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), January 28, 2010

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Was Your Ancestor a Cannibal? Its a Spine-Chilling Discovery - Hundreds of Expertly...gods. Their religion would have combined elements of shamanism and ancestor worship, and the heart of their beliefs would have been the eternal cycle...
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A Woman from a Strict Hindu Family, Her Ancestor and Two Transforming Tales

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, June 23, 2002

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...woman from a strict Hindu family, her ancestor and two transforming tales Byline: Claire...The biographical scrap is that of Taras ancestor, Tara Lata, introduced as a gold...the duties of the Hindu wife, who must worship her husband, she has cut her hair and...
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Reagan, Bold and Brilliant Scottish Radical; He Was the Champion of Free Enterprise, but What If His Ancestors Had Remained in Paisley?

Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), June 12, 2004

Subjects:

Reagan, Ronald

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Enterprise, but What If His Ancestors Had Remained in Paisley...a much more modest act of worship here in Scotland, when I...Castlehead Church, as his ancestors had done. He was cordially...tartan, in honour of his ancestors, and exuded a quiet affability...
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'Our Ancestors Brought God Back from Bundy'; Pacific Islanders Gather at Showgrounds for International Celebration

Newspaper article; The NewsMail (Bundaberg, Australia), October 7, 2008

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

Our Ancestors Brought God Back from Bundy; Pacific...an important thing for us because our ancestors came here and they brought back God...each day, beginning with prayer and worship, Pastor Roy said the mission of the...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: ancestor worship

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Ancestor Worship

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

ANCESTOR WORSHIP ritualized propitiation and invocation of dead kin. Ancestor worship is based on the belief...and fate of the living. Ancestor worship has been found in...ancient Chinese veneration of ancestors. It is also well developed...
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Polytheism

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...the god of death. Polytheistic worship does not imply equal devotion or...included hundreds of deities, but worship (as in Greek Olympianism) tended...It is also related to animism , ancestor worship , and totemism (see totem...
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Descent

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...settlement of disputes, religious activities such as ancestor worship, and certain political relationships. Some lineage...themselves descendants in the male line of an eponymous ancestor, and the genealogy of this progeny defines the complete...
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China

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...Traditionally, Confucianism, Buddhism, Taoism, and ancestor worship were practiced in an eclectic mixture with varying appeals...Chinese government and religious groups. Places of worship for unregistered Christian churches and traditional...
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Mossi

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

...contact with Muslims, the Mossi have retained their ancient traditional religion, which has a strong emphasis on ancestor worship. See P. B. Hammond, Yatenga (1966). ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University...

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