Dream Catchers: How Mainstream America Discovered Native SpiritualityOxford University Press, 2004年9月21日 - 320 頁 In books such as Mystics and Messiahs, Hidden Gospels, and The Next Christendom, Philip Jenkins has established himself as a leading commentator on religion and society. Now, in Dream Catchers, Jenkins offers a brilliant account of the changing mainstream attitudes towards Native American spirituality, once seen as degraded spectacle, now hailed as New Age salvation. Jenkins charts this remarkable change by highlighting the complex history of white American attitudes towards Native religions, considering everything from the 19th-century American obsession with "Hebrew Indians" and Lost Tribes, to the early 20th-century cult of the Maya as bearers of the wisdom of ancient Atlantis. He looks at the popularity of the Carlos Castaneda books, the writings of Lynn Andrews and Frank Waters, and explores New Age paraphernalia including dream-catchers, crystals, medicine bags, and Native-themed Tarot cards. He also examines the controversial New Age appropriation of Native sacred places and notes that many "white indians" see mainstream society as religiously empty. An engrossing account of our changing attitudes towards Native spirituality, Dream Catchers offers a fascinating introduction to one of the more interesting aspects of contemporary American religion. |
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... culture. Ideas that originated among a few intellectuals and artists reached a general public, until today they have become social orthodoxy. The extent and speed of that change suggest that an eager market ix Preface.
... culture. Ideas that originated among a few intellectuals and artists reached a general public, until today they have become social orthodoxy. The extent and speed of that change suggest that an eager market ix Preface.
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... become the political borders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Today, the homelands of some Native peoples sprawl over U.S. borders. For present purposes, though, I focus on the United States rather than Canada or Mexico, which ...
... become the political borders of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Today, the homelands of some Native peoples sprawl over U.S. borders. For present purposes, though, I focus on the United States rather than Canada or Mexico, which ...
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... become a major cultural phenomenon. Now, admiration does not necessarily lead to imitation. Much depends on what kind of Indian images dominated at a particular time, since some lend themselves much more feasibly to copying than others ...
... become a major cultural phenomenon. Now, admiration does not necessarily lead to imitation. Much depends on what kind of Indian images dominated at a particular time, since some lend themselves much more feasibly to copying than others ...
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... becomes a major best seller—such as Frank Waters's Book of the Hopi, Carlos Castaneda's Teachings of Don Juan, or Lynn ... become prisoners of Turtle Island. The story offers a striking tribute to the power of cultural imagination. Most ...
... becomes a major best seller—such as Frank Waters's Book of the Hopi, Carlos Castaneda's Teachings of Don Juan, or Lynn ... become prisoners of Turtle Island. The story offers a striking tribute to the power of cultural imagination. Most ...
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... become suspect in most of the mainline churches, and most liberal Protestants utterly rejected any idea of trying to convert monotheists such as Jews and Muslims. The mainline churches also lost much of their power to influence secular ...
... become suspect in most of the mainline churches, and most liberal Protestants utterly rejected any idea of trying to convert monotheists such as Jews and Muslims. The mainline churches also lost much of their power to influence secular ...
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3 Discovering Native Religion 18601920 | 47 |
4 Pilgrims from the Vacuum 18901920 | 65 |
5 Crisis in Red Atlantis 19141925 | 92 |
6 Brave New Worlds 19251950 | 113 |
7 Before the New Age 19201960 | 135 |
8 Vision Quests 19601980 | 154 |
9 The Medicine Show | 175 |
10 Thinking Tribal Thoughts | 197 |
11 Returning the Land | 223 |
Real Religion? | 245 |
Notes | 257 |
Index | 299 |
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