If this is Your Land, where are Your Stories?: Finding Common GroundStories come in many forms, from nursery rhymes and national anthems to poems and praise songs, and from the stories of science to the rituals of religion.They tell us where we come from, and where we belong; how to live and sometimes how to die.They hold us together, and they keep us apart.And all of them bring reality and the imagination together in what J. Edward Chamberlin calls a ceremony of belief. Drawing on his experiences in Africa, Australia, Europe and North America, Chamberlin takes the reader on an absorbing journey through communities and cultures around the world. |
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... ceremony . Conflict is at the heart of the way language works , and therefore the way stories work as well . Ceremonies are the custodians of this ; and the real power of ceremony is not in achieving peace , as Arnold hoped , but in ...
... ceremony . Conflict is at the heart of the way language works , and therefore the way stories work as well . Ceremonies are the custodians of this ; and the real power of ceremony is not in achieving peace , as Arnold hoped , but in ...
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... ceremony . Why is it that the diagnostician prescribed that particular ceremony for me ? " His father - in - law looked at him and said , " Well , it was obvious to him that there were red ants in your system , 132 REALITY AND THE ...
... ceremony . Why is it that the diagnostician prescribed that particular ceremony for me ? " His father - in - law looked at him and said , " Well , it was obvious to him that there were red ants in your system , 132 REALITY AND THE ...
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... ceremony of fishing , a livelihood both ancient and modern ; and the cer- emony of witnessing to its importance ... CEREMONIES OF BELIEF.
... ceremony of fishing , a livelihood both ancient and modern ; and the cer- emony of witnessing to its importance ... CEREMONIES OF BELIEF.
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