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303 Index Abraham, 57 Abrahamic traditions, 25 Adam, 204 Adams, William, 122 Africa, 5–6, 91, 143; ancestral textiles of, 174; belief systems of, 174; and Christianity, 92; Diaspora, 120, 158, 161, 164–174; folk culture and religion of, 119–127, 134, 137; linguistic survivals of, 135; people of, 134–144, 156; religions of, 88, 89, 120, 137. See also Yoruba African Americans, 56, 79–86, 119–127, 134– 144, 155–166; and Christianity, 129, 190; in film, 145–154; and music, 211; religions of, 119–127, 134–144; women, 121, 124–125 African Americans and the Bible (ed. Wimbush ), 256; research project, 6, 9 African Methodist Episcopal (AME) church, 82, 138–140, 142 Afrikuandika, 160 ahl-al kitab, 33, 43 Al-Qaeda, 84, 87n17 Algonquians, 197, 198 allegory of the soul, 109, 111 Allen, Richard, 138 alterity, 272, 274 Althusser, Louis, 146 Alva Ixtlixochitl, Fernando de, 239 Ambrose of Milan, ix American South: and literature, 83 Amerindian cultures, 195–205, 210, 233–243; Algonquian, 197, 198; Christianity and, 5, 8, 196; Mesoamerican, 233, 236, 241, 242; Nahua, 233–235, 239–241 Analects of Confucius, 74 anarcho-communism, 233 Anatolia, 55 ancestors, 141, 228 Anderson, Arthur, 239 Anderson, Byrl, 124 androcentrism, 277n30 Aotearoa, New Zealand, 227–232 apocalypticism, 80, 85 Arabic script, 155–158, 160 Arnheim, Rudolf, 67 art, modern and postmodern, 168 Arthaśāstra (Kauṭilya), 218 Asad, Talal, 193, 201 asat-Śūdras, 97, 98. See also caste system Augustine of Hippo, ix Australia, 227, 229, 230 authority, 73; of scriptures, 259 ayah, 37 babalawo, 5, 10, 125. See also Yoruba Bailey, Randall C., 140 Bakhtin, Mikhail, 190 Bakker, Jim and Tammy, 183, 184 Bal, Mieke, 203 baojuan, 26 baptism, 132, 137; by the Spirit, 80 Baptist church, 129, 131, 138, 139, 159; AfroBaptist evangelical tradition, 192; Baptist fundamentalism, 183–184 Barth, Frederick, 184, 186 Barton, Paul Alfred, 160 baths, ritual. See ishnan Bellome, John, 156 Beteille, Andre, 103–104n1 Bhabha, Homi K., 11, 146–147 Bhagavad Gita, 62–63, 90 bhakti, 216 bhog, 42 Bible, 27, 58, 59, 72, 80, 81, 84, 96, 129, 132, 145, 148–149, 150, 155, 227–231, 235; as conjure, 119, 121–127; Hebrew Testament, 55–59, 71, 109, 110, 148, 149, 150, 152, 195, 196, 203, 269; King James Version, 62; New Testament, 59, 80, 81, 101, 122, 129, 162, 195–197, 203, 222–223, 226, 228; as paipera tapu, 228; re- “bleaching” of, 10; as sacred object, 121– 122, 123, 124, 125, 126; themed versions, 60. See also scriptures: Christian; scriptures: Jewish biblical literalism, 195 biblical scholarship, 9–10, 11, 26, 27, 105, 241; 265–267; and documentary hypothesis, 61n8, 61n19; and empires, 65; racialization in, 277n28; Western, 63 Bilali (Ben Ali document), 156 Billington, Ray Allen, 137 binarisms, 114, 271 Birch, Willie, 168, 170 Blanchot, Maurice, 24 Blenkinsopp, Joseph, 59 Index 304 body politics, 197 Book of Changes. See Tao te Ching books, 155–156; making of, 51; printing of, 231 Borges, Jorge Luis, ix Bourdieu, Pierre, 12 brahma, 218 Brahmins. See under caste system Bremer, Fredrika, 142 Brown, John, 85 Brown, Sterling, 2 Buddhism, 77, 95, 216, 273; Tibetan, 24. See also scriptures: Buddhist Buke, Yan, 72, 73 Bush, George W., 86, 87n17 Cain, 148 calligraphy, 48 Calvinism, 200; and irreversible salvation, 183 Campbell, Rev. Melvin, 186 camp-meetings, 140–141, 142 Cang Jie (T’sang Chieh), 73 canon, 24, 105, 155, 220, 247, 252; Confucian, 73; formation of, 58, 93; Sikh, 42, 44, 45 Cantares Mexicanos, 238 capitalism, 60, 150, 152 Carlisle Indian School, 200 caste system, 43, 96; asat-Śūdras, 97, 98; Brahmins , 43, 97, 214, 215, 217, 218, 219; Dalits, 95; Dhanna, 45; Khatris, 43; Kshatriyas, 43; and Removal of Caste Disabilities Act of 1850, 103n1; Sadhana, 45; Sainhs, 45; sat-Śūdras, 97; Śūdras, 97, 214, 215, 218; Tribals, 96 Catholicism, 208, 259. See also Christianity; missionaries; Vatican II Council ceremony. See khande di pahul; namkaran Certeau, Michel de, 235–236, 278 Chaney, Ned, 125 Chang, K. C., 72 Chang, Patricia, 195 characters, 157, 160–161, 162–164; Chinese, 78n15 Chen Mengjia (Ch’en Meng-chia), 72 Cheng Hao, 74 Chicago, 129, 131 Chimalpahin Quauhtlehuantzin, don Domingo de San Antón Muñón, 238, 239, 240, 241 China, 71–78; language of, 71; politics of, 72; textual traditions of, 25, 26. See also Buddhism ; Confucianism; Daoism; Miao; Taoism Chireau, Yvonne, 58 Christianity, 24, 71, 72, 96, 125, 136, 137, 143, 149, 154, 183, 199, 200, 202, 224, 259, 268; black, 142; and postmodernity’s skepticism, 64...

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