Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion / edited by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-S...
Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion / edited by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni, Maualaivao Albert Wendt, Vitolia Mo'a, Naomi Fuamatu, Upolu Luma Va'ai, Reina Whaitiri, Stephen L. Filipo.
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Wellington, New Zealand : Huia Publishers, 2014.
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English
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Physical content
xxxii, 377 pages ; 24 cm.
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text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
1.Whispers and Vanities in Samoan Indigenous Religious Culture / Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Efi -- 2.Mauli / Maualaivao Albert Wendt -- 3.Le Aso ma le Taeao -- The Day and the Hour: Life or Demise for "Whispers and Vanities"? / Vitolia Mo'a -- 4.Whispers, Whisperers, Whispering ... / Jenny Plane...
15.When the Waters Met: Some Shared Histories of Christianity and Ancestral Samoan Spirituality / Toeolesulusulu Damon Ieremia Salesa -- 16.`And the Word was God': Disentangling Language Games in Oceania / Tui Rakuita -- 17.From Centre to Periphery: The Trajectories of Societies' Ideas / La'avasa Ma...
27.Whispering Back from Rotuma / Vilsoni Hereniko -- 28.I Don't Know How to Whisper! / Teresia Kieuea Teaiwa -- 29.The Daffodils -- From a Native's Perspective / Sia Figiel -- 30.Mana Whakatipu / Reina Whaitiri -- 31.Indigenous Knowledges: Insight and Intrigue / Tracey McIntosh -- 32.Saipan Revisite...
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Wellington, New Zealand : Huia Publishers, 2014.
Date Published
2014.
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"This collection of essays and selected poetry responds to an address on Samoan religious culture given by Samoa's Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta'isi Tupuola Tufuga Efi, to the 2009 Parliament of the World's Religions. The address challenges some fundamental aspects of modern Samoan indigenous religious culture. The essays a...
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Whispers and vanities : Samoan indigenous knowledge and religion / edited by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni, Maualaivao Albert Wendt, Vitolia Mo'a, Naomi Fuamatu, Upolu Luma Va'ai, Reina Whaitiri, Stephen L. Filipo.
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Includes bibliographical references and index....
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74VKazowqvZg
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ISBN
1775501604
9781775501602
DDC
299.92462017 261.299
MMS ID
991024401117702626