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Fijian Religion — The Way of the VanuaAn ethnographic introduction to Fijian traditional religion — the ancestral cosmology of the Fijian people, centered on the creator-serpent Degei, the sacred landscape of Nakauvadra, the priestly bete, and the inextricable unity of land, lineage, and spirit expressed in the Fijian word vanua.Hawaiian Religion — The Way of ManaAn ethnographic introduction to the traditional religion of the Hawaiian people — the cosmological framework of the Kumulipo creation chant, the four great akua (Kū, Kāne, Lono, Kanaloa), the Pele cycle of the volcanic islands, the kapu system that structured sacred power in Hawaiian society, the roles of ali'i and kahuna, the sacred art of hula, and the tradition's survival, disruption, and ongoing renaissance across two centuries of colonial pressure.Māori Religion — The Way of the Living WorldAn ethnographic introduction to the religion of the Māori people of Aotearoa New Zealand — the cosmology of Ranginui and Papatūānuku, the principles of whakapapa, tapu, mana, and hau, the tohunga as keeper of sacred knowledge, and the extraordinary prophetic movements that emerged in the nineteenth century as Māori encountered colonization and remade their spiritual life in response.