Traditional Ojibwa Religion and Its Historical Changes

Memoirs, American Philosophical Society (Vol. 152)

von Christopher Vecsey

233 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Describes & analyzes traditional Ojibwa religion (TOR) & the changes it has undergone through the last three centuries. Emphasizes the influence of Christian missions (CM) to the Ojibwas in effecting religious changes, & examines the concomitant changes in Ojibwa culture & environment through the historical period. Contents: Review of Sources; Criteria for Determining what was TOR; Ojibwa History; CM to the Ojibwas; Ojibwa Responses to CM; The Ojibwa Person, Living & Dead; The Manitos; Nanabozho & the Creation Myth; Ojibwa Relations with the Manitos; Puberty Fasting & Visions; Disease, Health, & Medicine; Religious Leadership; Midewiwin; Diverse Religious Movements; & The Loss of TOR. Maps & charts.

• ISBN: 9780871691521
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.01.1983
• Größe: 229 x 152 mm
• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press