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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第 3 頁
... interest in esoteric and New Age thought made the serpent image much more positive and attractive, and more comprehensibly religious. In the new perspective, the snake represented forces— sexual, ecstatic, chthonic, mystical, oracular ...
... interest in esoteric and New Age thought made the serpent image much more positive and attractive, and more comprehensibly religious. In the new perspective, the snake represented forces— sexual, ecstatic, chthonic, mystical, oracular ...
第 4 頁
... interest to the Plains has contributed immensely to the growth of neo-Indian spirituality among Euro-Americans. The shelves of chain bookstores now feature many works claiming to offer Native spiritual teachings. We find titles like ...
... interest to the Plains has contributed immensely to the growth of neo-Indian spirituality among Euro-Americans. The shelves of chain bookstores now feature many works claiming to offer Native spiritual teachings. We find titles like ...
第 5 頁
... interest is meant to be applied rather than theoretical: these are books for would-be participants rather than mere observers. Besides books, the interest in Native American spirituality is manifested in countless workshops and programs ...
... interest is meant to be applied rather than theoretical: these are books for would-be participants rather than mere observers. Besides books, the interest in Native American spirituality is manifested in countless workshops and programs ...
第 6 頁
... interests and obsessions, rather than those of the Natives they claim to be studying. One result is the creation of a generic Native spirituality so amorphous that it can be adapted to the interests and ideologies of the moment. Tribal ...
... interests and obsessions, rather than those of the Natives they claim to be studying. One result is the creation of a generic Native spirituality so amorphous that it can be adapted to the interests and ideologies of the moment. Tribal ...
第 16 頁
... interest than any other stall-fed creature. Admiration for the untamed savage gave way to contempt for the dirty beggar in the streets and under the car windows.”26 But that dehumanizing attitude changed dramatically when white ...
... interest than any other stall-fed creature. Admiration for the untamed savage gave way to contempt for the dirty beggar in the streets and under the car windows.”26 But that dehumanizing attitude changed dramatically when white ...
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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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