Genesis Regained : Aboriginal Forms of

David H. Turner is Professor of Anthropology at the University of Toronto and a Fellow of Trinity College and the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Studies.

Illustrations

xv

Acknowledgements

xvii

Prologue

xxi

Introduction

1

(26)

Origins of the Aboriginal Way of Life?

7

(3)

Some Academic Issues

10

(17)

Aboriginal Forms of Renunciation

27

(34)

The ``Dreamtime''

27

(6)

Bridging the Two ``Sides'': Journey to the ``Land of the Dead''

33

(7)

The ``Other Side'' Manifest as a Way of Life on ``This Side''

40

(3)

Formal Organisation

40

(3)

Hearing the ``Other Side'' on ``This Side''

43

(10)

Musical Form

43

(4)

Musical Content

47

(6)

Seeing the ``Other Side'' on ``This Side'' Dance

53

(8)

Art

57

(4)

Renunciation in Hebrew Scriptures?

61

(22)

Genesis

61

(6)

Exodus to Chronicles

67

(16)

Renunciation in Christian Scriptures?

83

(54)

The Synoptic Gospels and John

83

(28)

SpiritForm

83

(7)

ChurchForm

90

(3)

Renunciation

93

(4)

Peace and Order versus Economic Development

97

(3)

The Not-So-Holy-Family

100

(1)

Love and Other Miracles

101

(3)

Those that Proceed, Anti-thesis --->

104

(3)

Those that Proceed, ---> Anti-thesis

107

(1)

The Logic of Separation-Withdrawal

108

(1)

Anomalies?

108

(3)

Acts of the Apostles and Epistles

111

(13)

SpiritForm

112

(3)

ChurchForm

115

(4)

Renunciation

119

(2)

Peace and Order Versus Economic Development

121

(1)

The Somewhat-Holier-Family-Than-in-the-Canonical Gospels

122

(2)

The Book of Revelation

124

(8)

The Gospel of Thomas

132

(5)

Theoretical Reflection

137

(108)

Renunciation in Other Religious Traditions?

143

(64)

Renunciation in the Hindu Tradition

143

(19)

The Upanishads

143

(1)

BrahmanForm

144

(7)

Renunciation and Sacrifice

151

(5)

Caste

156

(4)

Cosmological Determination

160

(2)

Renunciation at Kokokuji Zen Buddhist Temple

162

(21)

Sitting Zazen, Painfully

163

(13)

Sitting Zazen, Comfortably

176

(7)

Renunciation in Gujar Society and in the Qur'an

183

(24)

The Gujar

183

(12)

Renunciation in The Qur'an

195

(1)

Allah as Form or Presence

196

(1)

Allah as transcendent, his creations imminent

197

(1)

Allah as giver of everything from and to Nothing

197

(1)

Allah as Forming and illuminating his creations

197

(1)

Allah's creations as differentiated and potentially Renunciative

198

(1)

Allah (alone embodying the Renunciative principle) is to be obeyed

199

(1)

And the Qur'an instructs:

199

(8)

Renunciation in Canadian Confederation and in the Way We Play?

207

(30)

Renunciation in Canadian Confederation

207

(18)

Anti-thesis ---> thesis

209

(3)

---> Plurality

212

(13)

Renunciation in Sunday Morning Hockey

225

(12)

Conclusion

237

(8)

Epilogue: A Way to Renunciation?

245

(4)

Select References

249

(12)

Index

261

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