| Description |
1 online resource (x, 243 pages) |
| Series |
SUNY series in Native American religions |
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SUNY series in Native American religions.
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| Contents |
The Solidarity of Kin: Ethnohistory, Religious Studies, and the Algonkian-French Religious Encounter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Making Sense-Religious Studies and Ethnohistory -- 1. The Study of Algonkian Religious Life: The Methodological Impasse -- 2. Beyond the Supernatural and to a Dialogical Cosmology -- 3. Toward a History of Intimate Encounters: Algonkian Folklore, Jesuit Missionaries, and Kiwakwe, the Cannibal Giant -- 4. The Mythological Sources of Wabanaki Catholicism: A Case Study of the Social History of Power |
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5. Discourse and theAccommodation of Values: Toward a Revision of Mission History -- 6. Montagnais Missionization in Early New France: The Syncretic Imperative -- 7. Baptism and Alliance: The Symbolic Mediations of Religious Syncretism -- 8. The Solidarity of Kin: The Intersection of Eastern Algonkian and French-Catholic Cosmologies -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- V -- W |
| Summary |
This study focuses on the encounter between the Native American Eastern Algonkian peoples and French missionaries in the 17th century. Morrison (religion, Arizona State U.) argues that rather than simply converting to Catholicism, the Algonkians applied traditional knowledge and values to achieve a pragmatic and critical sense of Christianity and to preserve and extend kinship solidarity into the future. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-229) and index |
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Jesuits -- Missions -- Canada
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Jesuits -- Missions -- New England
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| SUBJECT |
Jesuits fast |
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Algonquian Indians -- Missions
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Algonquian Indians -- Religion.
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Syncretism (Religion)
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syncretism.
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RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions.
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Algonquian Indians -- Religion
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Missions
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Syncretism (Religion)
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Canada
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New England
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780791488409 |
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0791488403 |
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0791454053 |
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9780791454053 |
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