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Book Synopsis Native American Religions of Central and South America by : Lawrence Sullivan
Download or read book Native American Religions of Central and South America written by Lawrence Sullivan and published by Continuum. This book was released on 2002-06-24 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New World came into being in the Europeans' encounter with the indigenous religions and cultures of Central and South America. Yet these religions remain little known or are filtered through inadequate categories such as "animism," "superstition," or "syncretism." In this volume, an international group of the finest authorities working on the subject provide rich descriptions and provocative interpretations of religious ideas rarely gathered in one place. Since an exhaustive treatment would be impossible (it is estimated that there could be as many as fifteen thousand different South American languages living or extinct), the aim is to illustrate something of the range of religious beliefs and practices through cases that are exemplary. The first part of the book describes the religious views of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca, dating from the time prior to contact with Europeans. The rest of the book treats contemporary cases from the major cultural and geographical areas of Central and South America. Whether the focus is on myth, architecture, ritual celebrations, or shamanic practice, each essay provides a distinctive profile of the culture in question.Contributors include David Carrasco, Edgardo J. Cordeu, Mercedes de la Garza, Alfredo López Austin, Juan Ossia Acuña, Alejandra Siffredi, Lawrence E. Sullivan, Terence Turner, Peter van der Loo, Robin M. Wright, and Reiner Tom Zuidema.
Book Synopsis Native American Religions by : Rob Staeger
Download or read book Native American Religions written by Rob Staeger and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-09-29 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Native American religious beliefs vary from tribe to tribe, the one thing they have in common is a belief in a higher power. This power has many names: Manitou, Wakanda, Sila, or even just the Great Spirit. This book discusses the various beliefs held by tribes in each region of the Americas. It also describes some of the important rituals practiced in each religion.
Book Synopsis Native American Religions by : Paula Hartz
Download or read book Native American Religions written by Paula Hartz and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents the history of the Native American religions, starting from their roots as tribal religions, and then details the detrimental effects of European colonization, the annihilation of the Native Americans that threatened the religions, and their restoration in the 20th 20th century.
Book Synopsis Latin American Religions by : Anna L. Peterson
Download or read book Latin American Religions written by Anna L. Peterson and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2008-08-03 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before Columbus, the Americas were populated by many indigenous cultures, with a great diversity of religions. After 1492, European governments and churches dominated religious life. While Roman Catholicism was the official religion, great religious hybridization occurred, mixing European, indigenous, and often African traditions into distinctly New World forms. Latin American Religions provides an introduction through documents to the historical development and contemporary expressions of religious life in South and Central America, Mexico, and the Spanish-speaking Caribbean. A central feature of this text is its inclusion of both primary and secondary materials, including letters, sermons, journal entries, ritual manuals, and ancient sacred texts. These documents provide readers with direct access to the voices of adherents, enabling them to act as academic investigators, experiencing and interpreting the same texts on which historians draw. The documents are framed by substantive introductions which provide both historical context and theoretical insights for the study of these religions traditions and the ways in which they have developed over time. From the religious traditions of the Mayas and Aztecs and of the African diaspora, to official and popular Catholicism, to liberation theology, the rise of Pentecostalism, and emerging trends and new religious movements in Latin America, this new work offers a concise overview of this fascinating field.
Book Synopsis Native American Religions by : Sam D. Gill
Download or read book Native American Religions written by Sam D. Gill and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides an overview of the latest research and thought in this area. Gill presents an academically and humanistically useful way of appreciating and understanding the complexity and diversity of Native American religions and establishes them as a significant field within religious studies. In addition, aspects of European-American history are examined in a search for sources of widespread misunderstandings about the character of Native American religions.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions by : Henri Gooren
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Latin American Religions written by Henri Gooren and published by Springer. This book was released on 2019-10-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This encyclopedia provides an overview of the main religions of Latin America and the Caribbean, both its centralized transnational expressions and its local variants and schisms. These main religions include (but are not limited to) the major expressions of Christianity (Roman Catholicism, Protestantism, Pentecostalism, Mormonism, and Jehovah’s Witnesses), indigenous religions (Native American, Maya religion), syncretic Christianity (including Afro-Brazilian religions like Umbanda and Candomblé and Afro-Caribbean religions like Vodun and Santería), other world religions (Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam), transnational New Religious Movements (Scientology, Unification Church, Hare Krishna, New Age, etc.), and new local religions (Brazil’s Igreja Universal, La Luz del Mundo from Mexico, etc.).
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Native American Religions by : Arlene B. Hirschfelder
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Native American Religions written by Arlene B. Hirschfelder and published by New York : Facts on File. This book was released on 2000 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes traditional beliefs and worship practices, the consequences of contact with Europeans and other Americans, and the forms of Native American religions take today.
Book Synopsis The Land Looks After Us by : Joel W. Martin
Download or read book The Land Looks After Us written by Joel W. Martin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-02-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native Americans practice some of America's most spiritually profound, historically resilient, and ethically demanding religions. Joel Martin draws his narrative from folk stories, rituals, and even landscapes to trace the development of Native American religion from ancient burial mounds, through interactions with European conquerors and missionaries, and on to the modern-day rebirth of ancient rites and beliefs. The book depicts the major cornerstones of American Indian history and religion--the vast movements for pan-Indian renewal, the formation of the Native American Church in 1919, the passage of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act of 1990, and key political actions involving sacred sites in the 1980s and '90s. Martin explores the close links between religion and Native American culture and history. Legendary chiefs like Osceola and Tecumseh led their tribes in resistance movements against the European invaders, inspired by prophets like the Shawnee Tenskwatawa and the Mohawk Coocoochee. Catharine Brown, herself a convert, founded a school for Cherokee women and converted dozens of her people to Christianity. Their stories, along with those of dozens of other men and women--from noblewarriors to celebrated authors--are masterfully woven into this vivid, wide-ranging survey of Native American history and religion.
Book Synopsis Native American Religions of Central and South America by : Lawrence Sullivan
Download or read book Native American Religions of Central and South America written by Lawrence Sullivan and published by Continuum. This book was released on 2002-06-24 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New World came into being in the Europeans' encounter with the indigenous religions and cultures of Central and South America. Yet these religions remain little known or are filtered through inadequate categories such as "animism," "superstition," or "syncretism." In this volume, an international group of the finest authorities working on the subject provide rich descriptions and provocative interpretations of religious ideas rarely gathered in one place. Since an exhaustive treatment would be impossible (it is estimated that there could be as many as fifteen thousand different South American languages living or extinct), the aim is to illustrate something of the range of religious beliefs and practices through cases that are exemplary. The first part of the book describes the religious views of the Aztec, Maya, and Inca, dating from the time prior to contact with Europeans. The rest of the book treats contemporary cases from the major cultural and geographical areas of Central and South America. Whether the focus is on myth, architecture, ritual celebrations, or shamanic practice, each essay provides a distinctive profile of the culture in question.Contributors include David Carrasco, Edgardo J. Cordeu, Mercedes de la Garza, Alfredo López Austin, Juan Ossia Acuña, Alejandra Siffredi, Lawrence E. Sullivan, Terence Turner, Peter van der Loo, Robin M. Wright, and Reiner Tom Zuidema.
Book Synopsis The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions by : Arlene B. Hirschfelder
Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Native American Religions written by Arlene B. Hirschfelder and published by M J F Books. This book was released on 1996 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive resource to the rich spiritual traditions and practices of Native Americans in the U.S. and Canada. Included are over 1,200 entries, aplphabetically arranged and fully cross-referenced, covering a broad range of topics.
Book Synopsis Native American Religion by : Nancy Bonvillain
Download or read book Native American Religion written by Nancy Bonvillain and published by Facts On File. This book was released on 1996 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys the various religions of different groups of Native Americans.
Book Synopsis Native American Religion by : Joel W. Martin
Download or read book Native American Religion written by Joel W. Martin and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 173 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Native Americans practice some of America's most spiritually profound, historically resilient, and ethically demanding religions. Joel Martin draws his narrative from folk stories, rituals, and even landscapes to trace the development of Native American religion from ancient burial mounds, through interactions with European conquerors and missionaries, and on to the modern-day rebirth of ancient rites and beliefs. The book depicts the major cornerstones of American Indian history and religion--the vast movements for pan-Indian renewal, the formation of the Native American Church in 1919, the passage of the Native American Graves and Repatriation Act of 1990, and key political actions involving sacred sites in the 1980s and '90s. Martin explores the close links between religion and Native American culture and history. Legendary chiefs like Osceola and Tecumseh led their tribes in resistance movements against the European invaders, inspired by prophets like the Shawnee Tenskwatawa and the Mohawk Coocoochee. Catharine Brown, herself a convert, founded a school for Cherokee women and converted dozens of her people to Christianity. Their stories, along with those of dozens of other men and women--from noble warriors to celebrated authors--are masterfully woven into this vivid, wide-ranging survey of Native American history and religion. Religion in American Life explores the evolution, character, and dynamics of organized religion in America from 1500 to the present day. Written by distinguished religious historians, these books weave together the varying stories that compose the religious fabric of the United States, from Puritanism to alternative religious practices. Primary source material coupled with handsome illustrations and lucid text make these books essential in any exploration of America's diverse nature. Each book includes a chronology, suggestions for further reading, and index.
Book Synopsis Pre-Columbian American Religions by : Walter Krickeberg
Download or read book Pre-Columbian American Religions written by Walter Krickeberg and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four readable essays by two archaeologists and two social anthropologists summarize knowledge gained from written sources, archaeological finds, and studies of present-day inhabitants concerning the pre-Columbian religions of Mesoamerica, South Central American and Andean civilizations, North America except for the Arctic, and primitive South America and the West Indies.
Book Synopsis The Religions of the American Indians by : Åke Hultkrantz
Download or read book The Religions of the American Indians written by Åke Hultkrantz and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive survey of American Indian religion and Tribal religions.
Book Synopsis Native American Religious Traditions by : Suzanne Crawford O Brien
Download or read book Native American Religious Traditions written by Suzanne Crawford O Brien and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-08-27 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on three diverse indigenous traditions, Native American Religious Traditions highlights the distinct oral traditions and ceremonial practices; the impact of colonialism on religious life; and the ways in which indigenous communities of North America have responded, and continue to respond, to colonialism and Euroamerican cultural hegemony.
Book Synopsis Native American Religions by : Denise Lardner Carmody
Download or read book Native American Religions written by Denise Lardner Carmody and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introductory textbook that surveys major aspects of the traditional religious lives of native peoples in all parts of the Americas.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Native American Religions by : Arlene B. Hirschfelder
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Native American Religions written by Arlene B. Hirschfelder and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 2001-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes traditional beliefs and worship practices, the consequences of contact with Europeans and other Americans, and the forms Native American religions take today.
