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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... religious attitudes over the past century or so, namely in popular views of Native American spirituality. Though the process of toleration and dialogue between any of the major religions has been slow, gradual, and often depressing ...
... religious attitudes over the past century or so, namely in popular views of Native American spirituality. Though the process of toleration and dialogue between any of the major religions has been slow, gradual, and often depressing ...
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... religion and religious toleration; the cultural and religious impact of relativism; the shifting definition of “religious” actions or behavior; the growing recognition of women's spirituality; and a growing reverence for the primal and ...
... religion and religious toleration; the cultural and religious impact of relativism; the shifting definition of “religious” actions or behavior; the growing recognition of women's spirituality; and a growing reverence for the primal and ...
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... religious as its predecessor, and equally apocalyptic, but the status of hero and villain has been neatly inverted. The reversal is symbolized by changing images of the snake, a motif that often recurs in discussions of Native American ...
... religious as its predecessor, and equally apocalyptic, but the status of hero and villain has been neatly inverted. The reversal is symbolized by changing images of the snake, a motif that often recurs in discussions of Native American ...
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... religion and spirituality, which they see as a glaring example of colonialist cultural intrusion and expropriation. Some ... religious practices of that tiny minority carries many implications for mainstream American religion past and ...
... religion and spirituality, which they see as a glaring example of colonialist cultural intrusion and expropriation. Some ... religious practices of that tiny minority carries many implications for mainstream American religion past and ...
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... religions of the American Indians, with their animism and shamanism?14 Religious Toleration? For much of the interaction between Natives and non-Natives, any thought of religious tolerance or diversity was simply not a question. This in ...
... religions of the American Indians, with their animism and shamanism?14 Religious Toleration? For much of the interaction between Natives and non-Natives, any thought of religious tolerance or diversity was simply not a question. This in ...
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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