02861nam 22006614a 450 991045196650332120200520144314.01-282-07835-697866120783540-253-11689-9(CKB)1000000000484654(EBL)329985(OCoLC)476128334(SSID)ssj0000146489(PQKBManifestationID)11152718(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000146489(PQKBWorkID)10185953(PQKB)10298752(MiAaPQ)EBC329985(OCoLC)213292728(MdBmJHUP)muse16566(Au-PeEL)EBL329985(CaPaEBR)ebr10212566(CaONFJC)MIL207835(EXLCZ)99100000000048465420070122d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEncounters of the spirit[electronic resource] Native Americans and European colonial religion /Richard W. PointerBloomington Indiana University Pressc20071 online resource (309 p.)Religion in North AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.0-253-34912-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-277) and index.Introduction -- The sounds of worship -- A language of imitation -- A scene of new ideas -- "Poor Indians" and the "poor in spirit" -- Martyrs, healers, and statesmen -- Encountering death -- Epilogue.Historians have long been aware that the encounter with Europeans affected all aspects of Native American life. But were Indians the only ones changed by these cross-cultural meetings? Might the newcomers' ways, including their religious beliefs and practices, have also been altered amid their myriad contacts with native peoples? In Encounters of the Spirit, Richard W. Pointer takes up these intriguing questions in an innovative study of the religious encounter between Indians and Euro-Americans in earReligion in North America.Christianity and cultureNorth AmericaChristianity and other religionsIndians of North AmericaReligionNorth AmericaChurch historyElectronic books.Christianity and cultureChristianity and other religions.Indians of North AmericaReligion.261.2/97Pointer Richard W.1955-1045282MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910451966503321Encounters of the spirit2471461UNINA