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'Just leave the tree-trunk alone, the beetle is crawling out.' This Bawong proverb means: surrender to the divine course. Man must not start tugging at this tree, the beetle is already bu… More...

'Just leave the tree-trunk alone, the beetle is crawling out.' This Bawong proverb means: surrender to the divine course. Man must not start tugging at this tree, the beetle is already busy cleaning it up. In 1967, Tony van Buren went as a missionary-sponsored anthropologist to the Bawong of the Congo, neighbours of the Lele made famous by Mary Douglas, initially to investigate her contentions about the 'non-religious' reasons for the mission's success there. Like Douglas, he found his encounter there to be the most important of his life. Stalled by the prospect of presenting beliefs he could not believe to be true, van Buren's outlook was changed by his own authentic 'Bawong' experience: a dream in which he was visited by the tribal chief and his wife. Simultaneously attempting to do justice to both European and Bawong points of view, and incorporating stories from over half the inhabitants of his host village, this is a magical-realistic travel story through the land of the Bawong from a man experiencing overlapping beliefs." | Just Leave the Tree-Trunk Alone by Toon Van Buren Hardcover | Indigo Chapters Books > Social Science > Anthropology P10102, Toon Van Buren<

ISBN: 9780955640032

'Just leave the tree-trunk alone, the beetle is crawling out.'This Bawòng proverb means: surrender to the divine course. Man must not start tugging at this tree, the beetle is … More...

'Just leave the tree-trunk alone, the beetle is crawling out.'This Bawòng proverb means: surrender to the divine course. Man must not start tugging at this tree, the beetle is already busy cleaning it up.In 1967, Tony van Buren went as a missionary-sponsored anthropologist to the Bawòng of the Congo, neighbours of the Lele made famous by Mary Douglas, initially to investigate her contentions about the 'non-religious' reasons for the mission's success there. Like Douglas, he found his encounter there to be the most important of his life. Stalled by the prospect of presenting beliefs he could not believe to be true, van Buren's outlook was changed by his own authentic 'Bawòng' experience: a dream in which he was visited by the tribal chief and his wife.Simultaneously attempting to do justice to both European and Bawòng points of view, and incorporating stories from over half the inhabitants of his host village, this is a magical-realistic travel story through the land of the Bawòng from a man experiencing overlapping beliefs. New Textbooks>Hardcover>Social Sciences>Anthropology>Anthropology, Sean Kingston Core >2 >T<

2010, ISBN: 9780955640032

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[ED: Gebunden], [PU: Sean Kingston Publishing], Dieser Artikel ist ein Print on Demand Artikel und wird nach Ihrer Bestellung fuer Sie gedruckt. Klappentext Just leave the tree-trunk alone, the beetle is crawling out. This Bawòng proverb means: surrender to the divine course. Man, DE, [SC: 0.00], Neuware, gewerbliches Angebot, Hardcover, 196, [GW: 454g], Banküberweisung, PayPal, [CT: Englischsprachige Bücher / Sonstiges - Englisch]<

ISBN: 9780955640032

Hardback, [PU: Sean Kingston Publishing], In 1967, van Buren went as a missionary-sponsored anthropologist to the Bawng of the Congo. Simultaneously attempting to do justice to both Europ… More...

Hardback, [PU: Sean Kingston Publishing], In 1967, van Buren went as a missionary-sponsored anthropologist to the Bawng of the Congo. Simultaneously attempting to do justice to both European and Bawng points of view, and incorporating stories from over half the inhabitants of his host village, this is a magical-realistic travel story through the land of the Bawng from a man experiencing overlapping beliefs., Comparative Religion<

2010, ISBN: 0955640032

Gebundene Ausgabe SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, with dust cover 11, [PU:Sean Kingston Publishing]