Contents -- Contributors -- Preface -- Introduction -- Part I: Persons -- 1. The cosmos as intersubjective: Native American other-than-human persons -- 2. Native Womanism: Exemplars of indigenism in sacred traditions of kinship -- 3. Shamanism -- 4. Witchcraft and healing among the Bangwa of Cameroon -- 5. Rattray's request: Spirit possession among the Bono of West Africa -- Part II: Powers -- 6. Mana and tapu: Sacred knowledge, sacred boundaries -- 7. Magic, religion and secularity among the Azande and Nuer -- 8. The Dreaming in contemporary Aboriginal Australia -- 9. Ecology and religion in Karuk orientations toward the land -- Part III: Gifts -- 10. Art works in Aotearoa -- 11. Music, art and movement among the Yoruba -- 12. The unwieldy promise of ceremonies: The case of the Jakalteko Maya's Dance of the Conquest -- 13. Rites of passage among the Lohorung Rai of East Nepal -- 14. Gifts for the sky people: Animal sacrifice, head hunting and power among the Naga of Burma and Assam -- 15. Characteristics of African indigenous religions in contemporary Zimbabwe -- 16. Spirituality, values and boundaries in the revitalization of a Mi'kmaq community -- 17. Touching the past, teaching ways forward: The American Indian powwow -- Bibliography -- Index of Subjects -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Z -- Index of Authors -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Index of Nations, Peoples and Groups -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- W -- Y -- Z.