Animism

Graham Harvey (PhD, Religion, Newcastle) is Professor of Religious Studies at the Open University, London. He is the author of Animism: Respecting the Living World (Columbia/Hurst, 2005), Food, Sex, and Strangers: Understanding Religion in Everyday Life (Routledge, 2013), and Listening People, Speaking Earth: Contemporary Paganism 2/e (Hurst/NYU, 1997) and the editor of a number of books, including Handbook of Contemporary Animusm (Routledge, 2013), The Paganism Reader (Routledge, 2004), Shamanism: A Reader (Routledge, 2003), Indigenous Religions: A Companion (Palgrave, 2000), and Sensual Religion: Religion and the Five Senses (Equinox, 2018).

Part. I. From derogatory to critical term 1. From primitives to persons Part. II. Animist case studies 2. Ojibwe language 3. Maori arts 4. Aboriginal law and land 5. Eco-pagan activism Part. III. Animist issues 6. Signs of life and personhood 7. Death 8. Spirits, powers, creators and souls 9. Shamans 10. Cannibalism 11. Totems 12. Elders and ethics Part. IV. Animism's challenges 13. Environmentalisms 14. Consciousness 15. Philosophers and persons