Areruya and Indigenous Prophetism in Northern Amazonia

Virgínia Amaral

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English

Bloomsbury Academic
05 September 2024

Christianity; Tribal religions; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: New Directions in the Anthropology of Christianity

Based on four years of ethnographic research, this book discusses the presence of Christianity on Areruya, an indigenous religious movement practiced by the Ingarikó in Northern Amazonia.

Tracing the role of 19th-century missionaries in the region, the book shows how shamans started to announce the coming of a cataclysm, associated with the promise of indigenous salvation in Christian paradise and the acquisition of the colonizers’ goods. It also explores how the ancient mythological elaboration of salvation after death was reinforced through both an appropriation of some aspects of Christianity and the development of a very violent form of shamanism, which epitomizes the evilness ascribed to the human condition on earth.

Virgínia Amaral offers a valuable reflection on cultural transformations, revealing how Areruya is not only a shamanic appropriation of Christianity, but also an indigenous and ritualized interpretation of colonization.

By: Virgínia Amaral
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350338692
ISBN 10: 1350338699
Series: New Directions in the Anthropology of Christianity
Pages: 296
Publication Date: 05 September 2024
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

List of Figures Introduction 1. Ingariko: the Kapon of the Upper Kuwatin River 2. The Colonization of the Circum-Roraima Region and the Kapon and Pemon Prophetisms 3. The Origin of Areruya According to the Kapon and Pemon 4. Areruya as Practiced and Conceived by the Ingariko 5. The Pukkenak and the Kanaimë: Vertical and Underground Shamanisms Afterword Bibliography Index

Virgínia Amaral is a researcher currently associated with The National Museum, Brazil. She has been a collaborator of the Ingarikó Indigenous People's Council for over ten years.

Reviews for Areruya and Indigenous Prophetism in Northern Amazonia

’A subtle and highly ingenious account of how people in Amazonia have created a cosmos, according to their own prophets, that sustains their sense of themselves in an otherwise crisis-ridden world. Given their devotions to a panoply of Christian figures and fervent preparations for heaven, this scintillating re-analysis of religious change at once challenges preconceptions about the colonisation of ideas and is a profound intervention in studies of Indigenous history.’ * Marilyn Strathern, Emeritus Professor of Social Anthropology, University of Cambridge, Uk *