societies have often been understood and discussed as almost the prototypical egalitarian society (see, e.g., Lepowsky 1990 ). However, the understanding of what egalitarianism is has often been based on ideas of economic distribution or political systems
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Pentecostalism and Egalitarianism in Melanesia
A Reconsideration of the Pentecostal Gender Paradox
Annelin Eriksen
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2016
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- Research Article
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- 37–50 (14 total)
The Ethics of Collective Sponsorship
Virtuous Action and Obligation in Contemporary Tibet
Jane Caple
an egalitarian sense, since it provided an opportunity for many (rather than few) to engage in virtuous action and thus accumulate merit. However, he also saw donation as a practice rooted in its immediate social context: while some villagers and
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2017
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- Research Article
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- 145–157 (13 total)
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Mariske Westendorp, Bruno Reinhardt, Reinaldo L. Román, Jon Bialecki, Alexander Agadjanian, Karen Lauterbach, Juan Javier Rivera Andía, Kate Yanina DeConinck, Jack Hunter, Ioannis Kyriakakis, Magdalena Crăciun, Roger Canals, Cristina Rocha, Khyati Tripathi, Dafne Accoroni, and George Wu Bayuga
’—a concept that meant humanitarian progress, equality, egalitarianism, brotherhood, and harmony” (p. 5). In contrast, Daggett's (2017: xvi) biography of Rey aims “to look past the messages of the departed” to highlight the social and political troubles
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2019
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- Book Review
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- 171–196 (26 total)
Ritual Tattooing and the Creation of New Buddhist Identities
An Inquiry into the Initiation Process in a Burmese Organization of Exorcists
Bénédicte Brac de la Perrière
egalitarian ethos. Most are dressed in the brown clothes of the yawgi (P. yogi ) that are associated with lay practitioners of Buddhist asceticism. At the entrance, where religious products and medicine of the congregation are sold, a stall ( fig. 1 ) is
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2017
- Article Type:
- Research Article
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- 129–144 (16 total)
Around Joan Wallach Scott’s Sex and Secularism
Kim Knibbe, Brenda Bartelink, Jelle Wiering, Karin B. Neutel, Marian Burchardt, and Joan Wallach Scott
-determination” (ibid.). A consequence is that African Pentecostal women and men are not seen as emancipated and egalitarian and thus can never become fully and equally accepted as belonging to society. Unraveling the particularity of the intersections between
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2018
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- 176–191 (16 total)
Book Reviews
Jack Hunter, Annelin Eriksen, Jon Mitchell, Mattijs van de Port, Magnus Course, Nicolás Panotto, Ruth Barcan, David M. R. Orr, Girish Daswani, Piergiorgio Di Giminiani, Pirjo Kristiina Virtanen, Sofía Ugarte, Ryan J. Cook, Bettina E. Schmidt, and Mylene Mizrahi
to demonstrate a sense of egalitarianism. It is during the sermons that pastoral authority takes over and divine power is transmitted to others. This ‘charisma’ also leads to the creation of asymmetrical ties between church leaders and members
In Religion and Society
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- 01 Sep 2018
- Article Type:
- Book Review
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- 192–217 (26 total)