Red Man's Religion: Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico
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Red Man's Religion: Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico

Red Man's Religion: Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico

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Ruth Murray Underhill (Author)  

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Among the topics considered in this classic study are world origins and supernatural powers, attitudes toward the dead, the medicine man and shaman, hunting and gathering rituals, war and planting ceremonies, and newer religions, such as the Ghost Dance and the Peyote Religion. "The distinctive contribution of [Red Man's Religion] is the treatment of topics, the insight and the perspective of the author, and her ability to transmit these to the reader. . . . Trais and aspects of religion are not treated as abstract entitites, to be enumerated and summated, assigned a geographic distribution, and then abandoned. No page is a dry recital; each is an illumination. Insight and wisdom are framed in poetic prose. An offering of information in such a medium merits gratitude."-American Anthropologist
  • Contributor: Ruth Murray Underhill
  • Imprint: University of Chicago Press
  • ISBN13: 9780226841670
  • Number of Pages: 312
  • Packaged Dimensions: 15x23x2mm
  • Packaged Weight: 482
  • Format: Paperback
  • Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
  • Release Date: 1972-09-01
  • Binding: Paperback / softback

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