Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native SpiritualityOxford University Press, 2004 M09 21 - 320 páginas In books such as Mystics and Messiahs, Hidden Gospels, and The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins has established himself as a leading commentator on religion and society. Now, in Dream Catchers, Jenkins offers a brilliant account of the changing mainstream attitudes towards Native American spirituality, once seen as degraded spectacle, now hailed as New Age salvation. Jenkins charts this remarkable change by highlighting the complex history of white American attitudes towards Native religions, considering everything from the 19th-century American obsession with "Hebrew Indians" and Lost Tribes, to the early 20th-century cult of the Maya as bearers of the wisdom of ancient Atlantis. He looks at the popularity of the Carlos Castaneda books, the writings of Lynn Andrews and Frank Waters, and explores New Age paraphernalia including dream-catchers, crystals, medicine bags, and Native-themed Tarot cards. He also examines the controversial New Age appropriation of Native sacred places and notes that many "white indians" see mainstream society as religiously empty. An engrossing account of our changing attitudes towards Native spirituality, Dream Catchers offers a fascinating introduction to one of the more interesting aspects of contemporary American religion. |
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... recent years, writers on American Indian matters have tried to take account of Native pronunciation as well as cultural sensibilities, so that (for instance) “Navaho” is now commonly preferred to “Navajo,” “katsina” and “katsinam” for ...
... recent years, writers on American Indian matters have tried to take account of Native pronunciation as well as cultural sensibilities, so that (for instance) “Navaho” is now commonly preferred to “Navajo,” “katsina” and “katsinam” for ...
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... recent years has given way to the archaeologically precise “Ancestral Puebloan.” However, the word “Anasazi” also has a long and reputable pedigree, and is still widely used. Acknowledgments I am very grateful to Kathryn Hume for having ...
... recent years has given way to the archaeologically precise “Ancestral Puebloan.” However, the word “Anasazi” also has a long and reputable pedigree, and is still widely used. Acknowledgments I am very grateful to Kathryn Hume for having ...
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... recent books and workshops, the wheel contains within itself teachings of immense significance. One can learn to live the Medicine Wheel, to dance the Medicine Wheel, to pray it, to grow it.8 From the wheel, and from the world of neo ...
... recent books and workshops, the wheel contains within itself teachings of immense significance. One can learn to live the Medicine Wheel, to dance the Medicine Wheel, to pray it, to grow it.8 From the wheel, and from the world of neo ...
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Contenido
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2 Heathen Darkness | 20 |
3 Discovering Native Religion 18601920 | 47 |
4 Pilgrims from the Vacuum 18901920 | 65 |
5 Crisis in Red Atlantis 19141925 | 92 |
6 Brave New Worlds 19251950 | 113 |
7 Before the New Age 19201960 | 135 |
8 Vision Quests 19601980 | 154 |
9 The Medicine Show | 175 |
10 Thinking Tribal Thoughts | 197 |
11 Returning the Land | 223 |
Real Religion? | 245 |
Notes | 257 |
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Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality Philip Jenkins Vista previa limitada - 2005 |
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