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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... speak in a certain way , behave in a certain way , believe in a certain way ? For all their political incorrectnesses , these are tough questions to answer . Why should language be an element of conflict when there is such a simple ...
... speak in a certain way , behave in a certain way , believe in a certain way ? For all their political incorrectnesses , these are tough questions to answer . Why should language be an element of conflict when there is such a simple ...
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... speak that kind of truth . That's the whole point of prophets ; they speak prophecy , which transcends the category of truthtelling without rejecting it . It's the same with aboriginal presence ; it deliberately defies a logic of before ...
... speak that kind of truth . That's the whole point of prophets ; they speak prophecy , which transcends the category of truthtelling without rejecting it . It's the same with aboriginal presence ; it deliberately defies a logic of before ...
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... speak it . " N❘u means " to speak . " Led by Levi Namaseb , a gifted linguist and storyteller from the University of Namibia , the #Khomani are recovering their language . Namaseb has developed a new orthography for N | u , and is ...
... speak it . " N❘u means " to speak . " Led by Levi Namaseb , a gifted linguist and storyteller from the University of Namibia , the #Khomani are recovering their language . Namaseb has developed a new orthography for N | u , and is ...
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