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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816400703321

Autore

Laugrand Frédéric

Titolo

Inuit shamanism and Christianity : transitions and transformations in the twentieth century / / Frédéric B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010

ISBN

1-282-86681-8

9786612866814

0-7735-7636-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xx, 467 p. : ill., map

Collana

McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; ; 59

Altri autori (Persone)

OostenJ. G. <1945->

Disciplina

299.7/812

Soggetti

Christianity - Canada, Northern - History - 20th century

Inuit mythology

Inuit - Missions

Inuit - Religion

Inuit - Social life and customs

Shamanism - Canada, Northern - History - 20th century

Canada, Northern

Nunavut

Nordwestterritorien

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Pt. 1. Angakkuuniq and Christianity. Continuity and decline -- Missionaries and Angakkuit -- Inuit winter feasts --

Pt. 2. Animals, owners, and non-human beings. Hunters and prey -- The owners of the sky, the land, and the sea -- Inuunngittut, non-human beings from the land and the sea --

Pt. 3. Encounters, healing, and power. Initiation, visions, and dreams -- Healing as a socio-cosmic process -- Powerful objects and words --

Pt. 4. Connecting to ancestors and land. Connecting to ancestors : Qilaniq and Qilauti, head lifting and drum dancing -- Reconnecting people and healing the land : Inuit Pentecostal and evangelical movements -- Transitions and transformations --

Appendix 1. Glossary of Inuktitut words -- Appendix 2. Inuit elders.



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