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Autore: | Laugrand Frederic |
Titolo: | Inuit shamanism and Christianity : transitions and transformations in the twentieth century / / Frederic B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten |
Pubblicazione: | Montreal ; ; Ithaca, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2010 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | xx, 467 p. : ill., map |
Disciplina: | 299.7/812 |
Soggetto topico: | Christianity - Canada, Northern - History - 20th century |
Inuit mythology | |
Inuit - Missions | |
Inuit - Religion | |
Inuit - Social life and customs | |
Shamanism - Canada, Northern - History - 20th century | |
Altri autori: | OostenJ. G. <1945-> |
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. | |
Sommario/riassunto: | Annotation |
Titolo autorizzato: | Inuit shamanism and Christianity |
ISBN: | 1-282-86681-8 |
9786612866814 | |
0-7735-7636-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910816400703321 |
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