Book
The religion of the Bare-'e-speaking Toradja of central Celebes
Uitgeverij Excelsior • S-Gravenhage • Published In 1956 • Pages:
By: Downs, Richard Erskine.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Downs presents a critical analysis of N. Adriani and A.C. Kruyt's classic monograph 'De Bare'e-Sprekende Toradjas van Midden-Celebes,' (that appears in English translation as documents 2-5 of this file) particularly in regard to the religion of these people. As a background for this study on religious practices the introduction provides an excellent culture summary of Toraja ethnography. The remainder of the book is divided into two parts, the first of which is concerned with religious beliefs with respect to cosmology, gods and spirits, the dead, the soul, witches and sorcerers, and death and disease, while the second part is specifically related to religious practices and practitioners, temples, and ceremonies. Throughout this work Downs shows the functional interrelationship of the various religious concepts and practices and their connection with Toraja social organization.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Ethos
- Religious beliefs
- Religious practices
- Ecclesiastical organization
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Eastern Toraja
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1997
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Asia
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southeast Asia
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1969-1970
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Celebes, Indonesia
- NotesAdditional notes
- Richard Erskine Brown
- Includes bibliographic references (p. 108-110)
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Toraja (Indonesian people)