Whispers and Vanities

Whispers and Vanities
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Publisher : Huia Publishers
Total Pages : 494
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ISBN-10 : 9781775501831
ISBN-13 : 1775501833
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Book Synopsis Whispers and Vanities by : Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni

Download or read book Whispers and Vanities written by Tamasailau M. Suaalii-Sauni and published by Huia Publishers. This book was released on 2014-11-14 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays and selected poetry responds to an address on Samoan religious culture given by Samoa’s Head of State, His Highness Tui Atua Tupua Tamasese Ta’isi Tupuola Tufuga Efi, to the 2009 Parliament of the World’s Religions. The address challenges some fundamental aspects of and assumptions in modern Samoan indigenous religious culture. The essays and poetry form a carefully woven critique, from within and outside Samoa, of aspects of Samoa’s religious and cultural values.


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