Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism? And how should ...

Western religion is undermined by animist beliefs not suitable to a moral society, because they are based on irrational spirit power. Here spirits are used to wreak vengeance by one person against ...

Two witches tell CNN about their daily rituals, from spell-casting to TikTok posting, and how they discovered their magic.

This book is no longer available to purchase from Cambridge Core Animism is an important part of many religions - from Shinto, Hinduism and Buddhism to Paganism and a range of indigenous religions - ...

The two religions often clash in the areas where they meet. Traditional beliefs and animist religions are also practiced in the African Transition Zone. This took him to his roots in Africa where he ...

They tend to be very tall and very black. Most practice Christianity or the traditional African animist religion of spirits and demons. Their ragtag force is called the Sudanese People’s ...

And that means returning to Brazil to study the Church of Santo Daime. Santo Daime is a mixing pot of religions. A dash of South American shamanism. A hint of African animism. Add a splash of ...

The cult of the nats is Myanmar's ancient animist religion. In the 11th century, King Ana­wrahta established the Theravada school of Buddhism as Myanmar's primary religion. When his attempts to ...

"I have actually included elements of Japanese animism in my own courses for years and found that my students really enjoy ...

Upon this indigenous religious base two foreign religions were introduced -- Islam and Christianity ... combining a surface veneer of Christian monotheism and dogma with indigenous animism. It may ...

the finest generation of Africa's writers including Chinua Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiong'o made their names depicting the uneasy relationships between the foreign values and animist religions within ...