num_pages: 144
description: The diversity and continuities in American Indian spirituality! The religious life of Native Americans is a panorama featuring an immense diversity of beliefs, ceremonies, and ways of life. Native Religions of North America reflects this rich tradition as it admirably distills a complex subject in a practical and engaging manner. Through concise expression and careful choice of examples, Hultkrantz identifies the diversity and continuities in American Indian spirituality. He introduces the hunters and farmers, the past and present, and the physical contexts and the sublime speculations of tribal religions, even the subtle shades of meaning within an Indian community.
language: English
title: Native Religions of North America: The Power of Visions and Fertility
titlecomplete: Native Religions of North America: The Power of Visions and Fertility
genres: Anthropology, Religion, American, Philosophy, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 41
series: Náboženské tradice světa
publisher: Waveland Pr Inc