SACRIFICE AND SHARING IN THE PHILIPPINE HIGHLANDS: RELIGION AND SOCIETY AMONG THE BUID IN MINDORO BY THOMAS GIBSON

Explore the spiritual and social world of the Buid people of Mindoro through this comprehensive ethnographic study. Gibson examines how Buid values of equality, autonomy, and community solidarity shape their relationships with diverse spirits—from protective earth spirits ensuring fertility and health, to hostile predatory entities. Discover how animal sacrifice and spirit mediumship form the foundation of their cosmology and social bonds. This updated edition includes an extensive new introduction tracing the social, economic, and political history of Mindoro's indigenous peoples from 1986 to 2014, with particular attention to the Indigenous Peoples Rights Act of 1997 and its implications for Free and Prior Informed Consent in resource management. Essential reading for activists, civil servants, and scholars seeking to understand how egalitarian communities achieve consensus and navigate contemporary indigenous rights frameworks.