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David Chidester, Savage Systems: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa. Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 1996. Pp. xviii + 324. Cloth, ISBN 0-8139-1664-X. $19.50 (paper); ISBN 0-8139-1667-4. $ (cloth)

David Chidester, Savage Systems: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa.... 163 Trobriander kinship system to understand Trobriander myths con- cerning the emergence of the first humans from underground. In "The Prestige of the Cosmogonic Myth", in the third volume, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Myth, Mircea Eliade presents some of the basic themes that pervade most of his work, notably the theme of the sacred center and New Year's rituals as the re-enactment of cosmogony. I must confess that I am among those exasperated by Eliade's use of unreliable data and empirically baseless interpreta- tions. Nevertheless, he sought to uncover the underlying structures of the religious imagination and that is a goal worth pursuing. All in all, this collection would be invaluable to anyone seriously interested in the comparative study of myth. University of Maine REVIEWS David Chidester, Savage Systems: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa. Charlottesville and London: University Press of Vir- ginia, 1996. Pp. xviii + 324. Cloth, ISBN 0-8139-1664-X. $19.50 (paper); ISBN 0-8139-1667-4. $ (cloth). JEFFREY C. RUFF This 1997 American Academy of Religion (AAR) Book Award win- ner in the analytic/descriptive category traces the history and devel- opment of the use of comparative religion as a science of local consti- tution and control. Accordingly, http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Method & Theory in the Study of Religion Brill

David Chidester, Savage Systems: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa. Charlottesville and London: University Press of Virginia, 1996. Pp. xviii + 324. Cloth, ISBN 0-8139-1664-X. $19.50 (paper); ISBN 0-8139-1667-4. $ (cloth)

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Method & Theory in the Study of Religion , Volume 11 (2): 163 – Jan 1, 1999
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163 Trobriander kinship system to understand Trobriander myths con- cerning the emergence of the first humans from underground. In "The Prestige of the Cosmogonic Myth", in the third volume, Philosophy, Religious Studies, and Myth, Mircea Eliade presents some of the basic themes that pervade most of his work, notably the theme of the sacred center and New Year's rituals as the re-enactment of cosmogony. I must confess that I am among those exasperated by Eliade's use of unreliable data and empirically baseless interpreta- tions. Nevertheless, he sought to uncover the underlying structures of the religious imagination and that is a goal worth pursuing. All in all, this collection would be invaluable to anyone seriously interested in the comparative study of myth. University of Maine REVIEWS David Chidester, Savage Systems: Colonialism and Comparative Religion in Southern Africa. Charlottesville and London: University Press of Vir- ginia, 1996. Pp. xviii + 324. Cloth, ISBN 0-8139-1664-X. $19.50 (paper); ISBN 0-8139-1667-4. $ (cloth). JEFFREY C. RUFF This 1997 American Academy of Religion (AAR) Book Award win- ner in the analytic/descriptive category traces the history and devel- opment of the use of comparative religion as a science of local consti- tution and control. Accordingly,

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