World Religions Edited by Martin Palmer.pdf

World

Religions

Paperback edition

Published in 2004 by

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General Editor

Martin Palmer

Director of the International Consultancy

on Religion, Education and Culture

(ICOREC)

Contributors

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CONTRIBUTORS

Contributors

MARTIN PALMER

General Editor; Roots of Religion; Taoism

Martin Palmer is the Director of the International Consultancy on

Religion, Education and Culture (ICOREC). ICOREC specialises in

projects related to religious, environmental and development issues

and works with a variety of international organisations such asThe

WorldWide Fund for Nature (WWF),TheWorld Bank, UNESCO, and

theWorld Council of Churches. He was also instrumental in the

creation of the Alliance of Religions and Conservation first launched

in 1995 by HRH the Prince Philip of which he is now Secretary

General. In 1997 he founded the Sacred Land Project which works

world wide preserving sacred sites from Mongolia to Mexico.

Martin is the author of many books including Travels through

Sacred China, Sacred Britain, Christianity and Ecology, Sacred

Gardens and the forthcoming Jesus Sutras which is a translation of

the sacred texts of the Nestorian Christians, China’s first Christian

community dating from AD 635. He frequently appears on television

and radio, has presented a number of series on sacred topics and

also writes for a wide variety of publications.

Martin studied theology at Cambridge, with a special emphasis

on Chinese and Japanese studies. He founded the Centre for the

Study of Religion and Education in inner city Manchester and has

been a pioneer in the areas of interfaith environmental education.

TARA LEWIS

Shamanism

Having obtained a joint Honours degree in Comparative Religions

and History of Art, and researched a thesis on ‘Shamans in the work

of Siyah Qalam’, after travelling widely in Asia for her studies,Tara

Lewis went on to work for the Alliance of Religions and Conservation

(a UK-based charity). She established ARC Asia, organising and

developing conservation projects with religious communities in

Cambodia,Thailand, Indonesia, Mongolia and China. She is currently

editing Mongolian Sacred Legends of the Land .

JIMMY WEINER

Oceania; Australian Aboriginals

Dr. James F.Weiner received his PhD from Australian National

University in 1984. He has held teaching and research positions in

anthropology at Australian National University, University of

Manchester and University of Adelaide. He has worked for over

three years in Papua New Guinea with the Foi people and has

published two books on New Guinea mythology. Currently he is

working as an independent consultant in native title for Aboriginal

communities throughout Australia. He is also working on a book

about the Hindmarsh Island sacred site case in South Australia.

GRAHAM HARVEY

The Maoris

Graham Harvey is Reader in Religious Studies at King Alfred’s

College,Winchester. He is particularly interested in Maori and

Ojibwe spirituality, but has also published books about

contemporary Paganism and ancient Judaism. His (edited)

Indigenous Religions: a Companion brings together excellent

writing about issues in indigenous religious and their study.

BRENDA RALPH-LEWIS

The Ancient Near East; Zorastrianism

Brenda Ralph Lewis is a freelance author specializing in history,

with particular reference to ancient civilizations. Her most recent

book (out of a total of more than 90), published in 2001, deals with

the philosophy and practice of ritual sacrifice in both ancient and

modern religion. Mrs Lewis has also written over 25TV and video

scripts on the history and culture of ancient civilisations. She is

married with one son and lives in Buckinghamshire.

FREDA RAJOTTE

Native North Americans

Rev Dr Freda Rajotte has always been dedicated to both justice

issues and to preserving the integrity of creation. As a Geography

professor she focused upon the related issues of economic

development and environmental conservation. She also gave

courses in Comparative Religion. Freda has numerous First Nation

colleagues, relatives and friends. Always interested in encouraging

better understanding between people of different cultures and

faiths, for seven years she was the director of the Canadian

Coalition for Ecology, Ethics and Religion. During this time, thanks

to the contributions and assistance of many First Nation leaders,

she compiled and published First Nations Faith and Ecology .

Freda is married and has six children.

ROBERT MORKOT

Ancient Egypt

Robert Morkot is an ancient historian specialising in North-East

Africa. He studied at London University and the Humboldt-

University, Berlin, and currently teaches at Exeter University. As

well as many academic publications he is author of The Penguin

Historical Atlas of Ancient Greece (1996), The Black Pharaohs: Egypt’s

Nubian Rulers (2000) and The Empires of Ancient Egypt (2001).

MICHAEL KERRIGAN

Greece and Rome

An Edinburgh-based freelance writer specializing in the civilizations of

ancient times, Michael Kerrigan has written on almost every aspect

of archaeology, ancient history and culture, covering subjects from

the origins of agriculture to the icons of Byzantium, from the rise of

the Greek city-state to the fall of Rome. A regular contributor to such

journals as the Times Literary Supplement and the Scotsman , his recent

books include Ancient Greece and the Mediterranean (2001), Ancient

Rome and the Roman Empire (2001) and The Instruments of Torture (2001).

KEVIN WARD

African Traditional Religions

Dr KevinWard teaches African Religious Studies in the Department

ofTheology and Religious Studies at the University of Leeds. He

worked for over 20 years in East Africa, as a teacher in Kenya and

as a lecturer at a seminary in Uganda. He is ordained in the Church

of Uganda.

NIGEL CAMPBELL PENNICK

Northern Europe

Nigel Pennick was born in Surrey in 1946.Trained in biology, he

published descriptions of eight new species of marine algae before

moving on to become a writer and illustrator. He is author of over 40

books on European spiritual traditions, arts and landscapes.

MICHAEL SHACKLETON

Shinto

Michael Shackleton studied at Cambridge University, and also

at the University of Manchester from which he received a post-

graduate diploma in Social Anthropology. At present he is

Associate Professor of Social Anthropology at Osaka Gakuin

University in Japan with a special interest in Japanese Religion (in

particular New Religions and traditional mountain cults, or

‘shugendo’). He undertakes research, which has recently taken him

to Southern Ethiopia and Southern Sudan. Michael is also involved

in working with Martin Palmer (General Editor) on the Alliance of

Religions and Conservation (ARC) scheme. He currently lives in

Japan with his wife and two children.

SUSANNA ROSTAS

Central and South America

Susanna Rostas has a D.Phil in Social Anthropology and has

taught at both Goldsmiths’ College and Durham University. She is

currently a Research Associate in the Department of Social

Anthropology in Cambridge. Her publications include The Po p u la r

Use of Popular Religion in Latin America with Andre Droogers.

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