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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... hundred sheep units , " but " Hector , tamer of horses . " Oh , but that all happened such a long time ago , we say . And such a long way off . But of course it didn't . Hector the Homeric hero is the Indian cowboy who just arrived in ...
... hundred sheep units , " but " Hector , tamer of horses . " Oh , but that all happened such a long time ago , we say . And such a long way off . But of course it didn't . Hector the Homeric hero is the Indian cowboy who just arrived in ...
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... hundred years ' worth . The slogan " Pay the Rent " had wide currency while I was in Australia . It captured the determination of Aborigines to count for something , and to find some ceremonies to settle accounts . A rental agreement ...
... hundred years ' worth . The slogan " Pay the Rent " had wide currency while I was in Australia . It captured the determination of Aborigines to count for something , and to find some ceremonies to settle accounts . A rental agreement ...
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... hundred years , American policy for a hundred more , and Canadian policy ever since . In fact , for almost a century member of the Johnson family was in charge of Indian affairs in British North America : on Sir William's death in 1774 ...
... hundred years , American policy for a hundred more , and Canadian policy ever since . In fact , for almost a century member of the Johnson family was in charge of Indian affairs in British North America : on Sir William's death in 1774 ...
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