Native Religions & Cultures of North America
Subtitle: Anthropology of the Sacred
Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group
Published: May 2000
Place of publication: New York, USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 249
ISBN-13: 9780826410849
Subjects: Alternative belief systems; Anthropology; Ethnic or tribal religions; Social life and customs; Indians of North America; Religion; Sociology; North America; Anthropology - Cultural; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Spirituality; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Tribes; Reference
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Lawrence Sullivan -- Renewal as discourse and discourse as renewal in Native northwestern California / Thomas Buckley -- Traditional ways and contemporary vitality: Absaroke/Crow / John A. Grim -- Rebalancing the world in the contradictions of history: Creek/Muskogee / Joel W. Martin -- Wiping the tears: Lakota religion in the twenty-first century / William K. Powers -- The continuous renewal of sacred relations: Navajo religion / Trudy Griffin-Pierce -- In the space between earth and sky: contemporary Mescalero Apache ceremonialism / Ines Talamantez -- Synchretism, revival, and reinvention: Tlingit religion, Pre- and Postcontact / Richard Dauenhauer -- Eye of the dance: spiritual life of the Central Yup’ik Eskimos / Ann Fienup-Riordan -- Images of the sacred in Native North American literature / Franco Meli.