Thesiss

Abstract not available.

The subject of this dissertation is "Royal Ancestor Worship in Deir el-Medina during the New Kingdom." This work attempts to increase our understanding of why this form of ancestor worship was adopted by the inhabitants of Deir el-Medina, the status of the royal ancestors relati…

The research project is on the Hmong religion. Hmong people believe in a faith called "Animism – the way of the spirit," which is a created religion that they practiced and passed down from generation to generation. The Hmong like to live in the past and do not want to change th…

The goal of this thesis is to contribute to the existing literature on the social and political impact of ritual as well as elaborating on the discourse of ritual and the role of spirit-patrons and ancestors in Southeast Asia, especially as it concerns the predominantly Muslim c…