Encounters of the spirit [[electronic resource] ] : Native Americans and European colonial religion / / Richard W. Pointer

• Autore: Pointer Richard W. <1955->
• Pubblicazione: Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (309 p.)
• Disciplina: 261.2/97
• Soggetto topico: Christianity and culture - North America; Christianity and other religions; Indians of North America - Religion
• Soggetto geografico: North America Church history
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [255]-277) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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 ear
• Titolo autorizzato: Encounters of the spirit
• ISBN: 1-282-07835-6; 9786612078354; 0-253-11689-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781817203321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in North America.