Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native SpiritualityOxford University Press, 21.09.2004 - 320 Seiten 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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... John M. Oskison wrote in 1907, while “confined to a reservation and fed on rations,” the “'noble red man' became of no more interest than any other stall-fed creature. Admiration for the untamed savage gave way to contempt for the dirty ...
... John M. Oskison wrote in 1907, while “confined to a reservation and fed on rations,” the “'noble red man' became of no more interest than any other stall-fed creature. Admiration for the untamed savage gave way to contempt for the dirty ...
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... John Collier found among the Pueblos a Red Atlantis, still retaining ancient values that could literally redeem the world: “They had what the world has lost. They have it now. What the world has lost, the world must have again, lest it ...
... John Collier found among the Pueblos a Red Atlantis, still retaining ancient values that could literally redeem the world: “They had what the world has lost. They have it now. What the world has lost, the world must have again, lest it ...
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... John Smith reported of Virginia's Powhatans that “their chief God they worship is the devil. Him they call Oke and serve him more of fear than love.” In contemporary Canada, Jesuit priest Joseph Jouvency wrote of the Indians, “There is ...
... John Smith reported of Virginia's Powhatans that “their chief God they worship is the devil. Him they call Oke and serve him more of fear than love.” In contemporary Canada, Jesuit priest Joseph Jouvency wrote of the Indians, “There is ...
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Inhalt
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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 |
Index | 299 |
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