Native American Spirituality A Critical Reader

Name: Native American Spirituality A Critical Reader
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ISBN: 9780803282612

ISBN-10: 0803282613

ISBN-13: 9780803282612

Edition: 2000

Authors: Lee Irwin, Lee Irwin

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Spirituality may be the most contentious and poorly understood dimension of Native American communities today. For generations the religious beliefs and practices of Native Americans have been the subject of public fascination and scholarly inquiry. Unfortunately, this ongoing interest has all too frequently been fueled by facile generalizations, inaccurate information, or inappropriate methods of investigation. Given the legacy of misrepresentation and mistrust, is it possible to fully appreciate the religious meanings and experiences of Native Americans? This volume offers a stimulating, multidisciplinary set of essays by noted Native and non-Native scholars that explore the problems and…

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List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 11/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 334
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.02" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Lee Irwin is a Professor in the Religious Studies Department at the College of Charleston where he teaches world religions with an emphasis on Native American traditions, western esotericism, hermeticism, contemporary spirituality, mystical cosmology and transpersonal religious experience as related to dreams and visions. He is the Vice President of the Association for the Study of Esotericism (ASE), a board member of the Sophia Institute and a Guiding Voice for Seven Pillars House of Wisdom. He has been a workshop leader and group facilitator for over 25 years, particularly in the areas of visionary cosmology and the development of the sacred human. He is the author of many books and…



Native American Spirituality: An Introduction




Theoretical Concerns


Mediations of the Spirit: Native American Religious Traditions and the Ethics of Representation



Cultural Identity, Authenticity, and Community Survival: The Politics of Recognition in the Study of Native American Religions



Spirituality for Sale: Sacred Knowledge in the Consumer Age



This May Be a Feud, but It Is Not a War: An Electronic, Interdisciplinary Dialogue on Teaching Native Religions




Dialogical Relations


Voice, Representation, and Dialogue: The Poetics of Native American Spiritual Traditions



Pimadaziwin: Contemporary Rituals in Odawa Community



The Church of the Immaculate Conception: Inculturation and Identity among the Anishnaabeg of Manitoulin Island



Nahuas and National Culture: A Contest of Appropriations




Historical Reflections


Repatriating the Past--Recreating Indian History



Purity and Pollution: Unearthing an Oppositional Paradigm in the Study of Cherokee Religious Traditions



Kiowa Religion in Historical Perspective



The Shaker Church and the Indian Way in Native Northwestern California



Intertribal Traditionalism and the Religious Roots of Red Power



Freedom, Law, and Prophecy: A Brief History of Native American Religious Resistance



Contributors


Index