Anthropology and Religion

Contents

• • [cover]
  • The Terry Lectures ∵ Anthropology and Religion
  • [title page]
  • [copyright statement]
  • Contents
  • Introduction
• • I Man Creates his Gods
    • Polynesian Social Pattern
    • The Creation of Gods
    • Deification
    • Spiritualism
    • Sorcery
    • Disease Demons
    • Gods
    • Polytheism
    • The Priesthood
    • The Temple
    • Material Representatives
    • Animate Representatives
    • Offerings
    • Human Offerings
    • Temple Furnishings
    • Ritual
    • Summary
  • II The Gods Create Man
    • Introduction
    • Cultural Center of Polynesia
    • The Major Gods
    • The Growth of Theology
    • The Parents of the Gods
    • The Era of Darkness
    • Origin of Island Groups
    • The Creation of Man
    • War Among the Gods
    • Later Elaboration in Ra'iatea
    • Monotheism
    • Summary
  • III The Death of the Gods
    • Introduction
    • Mangaian Gods
    • Priests
    • Social Customs
    • The Constitution
    • Advent of Missionaries
    • Cultural Revolution
    • Religious Changes
    • Social Changes
    • Code of Laws
    • Songs, Dances
    • Arts and Crafts
    • Summary
• Volumes Published by the Yale University Press on the Dwight Harrington Terry Foundation

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Title: Anthropology and Religion

Author: Peter Henry Buck

Publication details: Yale University Press, 1939, New Haven, CT

Part of: Tidal Pools: Digitized Texts from Oceania for Samoan and Pacific Studies

This text is the subject of: National Library of New Zealand catalogue

Keywords: Historical Māori and Pacific Islands

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