Anthropologists in the late 19th and early 20th centuries hypothesized that animism was the earliest religion. But later scholars have called this theory into question. What is animism?

Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde Vol. 173, No. 4, 2017 Review: Animism and Personal Religion in... Bird-David, Nurit (1999). ‘Animism’ Revisited. Personhood. Environment and Relational ...

Fishing communities along the coast of Vietnam are directly impacted by both climate change and the ecological crisis. They pray to the water god, ...