Red Man's Religion - Beliefs and Practices of the Indians North of Mexico (Paperback, New edition)

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"

General

Imprint:	University of Chicago Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	September 1972
First published:	September 1972
Authors:	Ruth Murray Underhill
Dimensions:	227 x 154 x 2mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	312
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-226-84167-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Alternative belief systems > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Ethnic or tribal religions > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Alternative belief systems > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Ethnic or tribal religions > General
LSN:	0-226-84167-7
Barcode:	9780226841670

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