ancestor worship
ancestor worship The real or supposed ancestors of the Hebrews were venerated and were felt to be so close that their descendants even continued to suffer for their
sins (Exod. 20: 5). Not surprisingly it would seem that a cult of the dead infiltrated into Israel from neighbouring peoples (Deut. 26: 14) and former kings were worshipped (Ezek. 43: 7–9). The practice of calling up the dead, as when
Saul consulted
Samuel through the ‘witch’ of
Endor (1 Sam. 28: 7), is condemned by the
prophets (Isa. 8: 19–20).
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Ancestor Worship and Identity: Ritual, Interpretation, and Social Normalization in the Malaysian Chinese Community.
Magazine article from: SOJOURN: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; Ancestor worship has historically been one of the central...relationship between the ritual practice of ancestor worship and a key feature of Malaysian Chinese...cluster of symbolic meanings which is ancestor worship. Ancestor Worship as Ritual in the...
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The universality of ancestor worship.
Magazine article from: Ethnology; 12/22/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...form of diffuse ancestor worship . . . [because...The role of ancestors is also obscured...connection between ancestors and spirits or...excluded from the ancestor worship category. For...s religion, ancestors will be present...of the term, worship, is also ...
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DISRESPECTING THE DEAD AND THE LIVING: IBAN ANCESTOR WORSHIP AND THE VIOLATION OF MOURNING TABOOS.
Magazine article from: Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute; 12/1/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...revolves around the worship of ancestors and the maintenance...this article examines ancestor worship and the violation...interpretations of disrespect. Ancestor worship involves the claim that dead ancestors can influence and be...to influence their ancestors to look ...
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The knot that binds us.(Ancestor Worship)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Irish Literary Supplement; 9/22/2008; ; 700+ words
; MIKE BEGNAL Ancestor Worship Salmon Poetry, 2007, 12.00 [euro] I RECEIVED MY COPY OF Ancestor Worship from Begnal in a darkened poetry...accessible and exotic to American ears, Ancestor Worship is an attempt at reconstructing...
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Ancestor-worship chic: do cramped New Yorkers want the spirits of their departed forebears as roommates?(Intelligencer)
Magazine article from: New York; 7/31/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...for home-based ancestor worship (known as kuyo...butsudan and pray to their ancestors. It can be a daily...leave offerings to ancestors, such as hot tea...reflect on the custom of ancestor worship. "I thought...Westernize Japanese ancestor worship by festooning...
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Household Altars in Contemporary Japan: Rectifying Buddhist "Ancestor Worship" with Home Décor and Consumer Choice
Magazine article from: Japanese Journal of Religious Studies; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...altar - butsudan - ancestor worship - spirituality - kuyo...memorialization of ancestors and relatives in ways...venerating one's ancestors and petitioning their...rendered in English as "ancestor worship," yet is...who qualifies as an ancestor, and what kind of...
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Christianity, Modernization Ease Traditional Ancestor Worship.
News Wire article from: YON - Yonhap News Agency of Korea; 9/17/2004; 700+ words
; ...we simply prayed for our ancestors before having a big family...of paying gratitude to our ancestors, I really don't see why...have been numerous kinds of worship ceremonies since ancient times...rituals for specific family ancestors. The ceremonies became very...
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Lien Chan arrives in Fujian for ancestor worship
News Wire article from: Xinhua News Agency; 4/17/2006; 361 words
; ...Chan arrives in Fujian for ancestor worship BEIJING, April 17 (Xinhua...Monday evening to warship his ancestors in his hometown Zhangzhou...offer sacrifices to their ancestors. However, barriers across...Fujian, Lien will worship his ancestors in Zhangzhou City and receive...
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Ancestor worship
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 11/21/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...Country House (Tate Gallery, till 28 February) Ancestor worship Martin Gayford There are occasions when the branding...might well imagine that the proprietors had practised ancestor worship. Although, of course, Anglicanism was the official...
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Once we worshipped our ancestors, now we worship our descendants
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 3/19/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...to what? To the future. That is what we worship in the late 20th century. Every day and on...denying piety looks exclusively forward. Ancestor worship has been replaced by descendant worship. This century has been full of examples...
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Ancestor Worship
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
ANCESTOR WORSHIP. Ancestor worship is the...prominence of ancestors as a focus of...study of ancestor worship include whether...cultural tradition. Ancestors in Africa and...significance of ancestor worship to patrilineage...
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ancestor worship
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
ancestor worship ritualized propitiation and invocation of dead kin. Ancestor worship is based on the belief...and fate of the living. Ancestor worship has been found in...ancient Chinese veneration of ancestors. It is also well developed...
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Ancestors
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
...The maintaining of ancestors in memory is a fundamental...veneration—of ancestors was extensive. Yet the term ‘ancestor-worship’ is usually...it is not so much that ancestors were worshipped as that...
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worship
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...expression of reverence and adoration for a deity: the worship of God ancestor worship. ∎ the acts or rites that make...or ceremonies: the church was opened for public worship. ∎ adoration or devotion comparable...
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Miao
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures
...Miao RELIGION: Shamanism; ancestor worship; Roman Catholicism; Protestantism...The Miao also worship their ancestors. Since the nineteenth century...important are those honoring ancestors. Other holidays celebrate...sacrifice in honor of the Miao ancestors. The Miao New Year is a...
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