Aboriginal Australian Religion — The Way of the Dreaming — An ethnographic introduction to the religious traditions of Aboriginal Australia — the Dreaming as the ontological foundation of existence, the inseparability of religion and Country, the kinship and totemic systems that structure both social and cosmic life, the longest continuous ceremonial tradition on Earth, and the extraordinary survival of these traditions through two centuries of colonization, forced removal, and cultural assault.
Fijian Religion — The Way of the Vanua — An 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 Mana — An 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.
Kanak Religion — The Way of the Custom — A profile of Kanak religion, the indigenous spiritual tradition of New Caledonia — ancestor veneration, totemic clans, the yam cycle, and la coutume, sustained through French colonialism, nickel mining, political violence, and three independence referendums, still practiced by a people who understand that personhood, land, and the ancestors are the same thing.
Māori Religion — The Way of the Living World — An 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.
Micronesian Religion — The Way of the Star Path — A profile of the indigenous religious traditions of Micronesia — the spiritual dimensions of celestial navigation, the star compass, the moving island, the stick charts, the stone money, the breadfruit canoe, and the navigators who kept the knowledge alive across four colonial occupations and nuclear exile.
Ni-Vanuatu Kastom — The Way of Custom — A profile of ni-Vanuatu kastom — the indigenous religious traditions of Vanuatu, where over one hundred languages sustain distinct spiritual practices across eighty islands. Grade societies, kava ceremony, sand drawing, land diving, the John Frum movement, and a national kastom revival that wrote indigenous custom into the constitution.
Papua New Guinea Highland Religion — The Way of the Mountain People — A profile of Papua New Guinea highland religion — the spiritual traditions of the highlands interior, where a million people lived unknown to the outside world until the 1930s, where the pig is the central sacrament, competitive exchange is both warfare and worship, and over eight hundred languages each carry their own name for the divine.
Samoan Religion — The Way of the Vā — A profile of the traditional religion and cultural system of the Samoan people — the cosmogony of Tagaloa, the sacred relational space of the vā, the matai chiefly system and the aiga extended family, the tatau (sacred tattoo), the fono village council and ava ceremony, the war goddess Nafanua, the synthesis with Christianity, the ifoga ritual apology, customary land tenure, and the survival of Fa'a Samoa across a diaspora larger than the homeland.
Solomon Islands Religion — The Way of the Reef — A profile of the indigenous religious traditions of the Solomon Islands — shark calling, skull veneration, shell money, reef tambu, the Melanesian Mission, the Ma'asina Ruru movement, and the survival of kastom through ethnic conflict and colonial occupation.
Torres Strait Islander Religion — The Way of the Saltwater — A profile of Torres Strait Islander religion — the indigenous spiritual traditions of the Torres Strait Islands, where the Tagai constellation orders the world, the Malo-Bomai cult encoded a moral law that overturned terra nullius, and saltwater people maintain ailan kastom between Australia and Papua New Guinea.