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This book has to be read against the backdrop of renewed calls from many tribes for strengthening the customary law regime among the tribal communities of North-East India. The papers in it examine the changing status of women in the interface of the customary law with the forces of modernisation. The papers outline the distinct origin, practice and prevalence of the tribal customary law and describe the role played by women in moulding lives, guiding families ...
This compendium of 20 papers attempts to analyze the different aspects of tribal theology, with special reference to North East India. Re-examining the development, contribution and the impact of tribal theology in the society during the last decades, it discusses the sources, methodology and hermeneutics of tribal theology, concept of god among the tribes, ecological crisis in the North East India, need of tribal theology, human rights discourse in the Naga ...