The conceptualisation of Mapuche religion in colonial Chile (1545 - 1787) [Elektronische Ressource] / Stefan Eim

The Conceptualisation of Mapuche Religion in Colonial Chile (1545-1787) Stefan Eim An der Philosophischen Fakultät der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg eingereichte Inauguraldissertation zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde Heidelberg, June 2010 Acknowledgements This study is based on two research trips to Chile, the first from December 2005 to July 2006 and the second from May 2008 to August 2008. I would like to take this opportunity and thank everyone who supported my work in Chile and Germany. Starting with Germany, I express my deepest gratitude to my teachers and supervisors Prof. Dr. Gregor Ahn and Prof. Dr. Peter McLaughlin for having actively and constantly supported this project throughout the various stages of its development. Furthermore, I would especially like to thank Antje Constantinescu for her profundity in Italian, Jürgen Kaufmann for providing me with thoughtful comments on the theoretical part of this study and Michaela Oswald for patiently reading over large parts of the manuscript. I would also like to thank the participants of the “Arbeitskreis Theorie und Methode” of the “Deutsche Vereinigung für Religions-wissenschaft”, which met in Mainz in April 2009 to discuss postcolonial approaches to religious studies. Here I am especially indebted to Prof. Dr. Edith Franke, Prof. Dr. Morny Joy and Prof. Dr.