Inuit Shamanism and Christianity : Transitions and Transformations in the Twentieth Century PDF
by Frederic B. Laugrand, Jarich G. Oosten
Part of the McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies series
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Using archival material and oral testimony collected during workshops in Nunavut between 1996 and 2008, Frederic Laugrand and Jarich Oosten provide a nuanced look at Inuit religion, offering a strong counter narrative to the idea that traditional Inuit culture declined post-contact. They show that setting up a dichotomy between a past identified with traditional culture and a present involving Christianity obscures the continuity and dynamics of Inuit society, which has long borrowed and adapted "outside" elements. They argue that both Shamanism and Christianity are continually changing in the Arctic and ideas of transformation and transition are necessary to understand both how the ideology of a hunting society shaped Inuit Christian cosmology and how Christianity changed Inuit shamanic traditions.
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:PDF
- Pages:488 pages
- Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press
- Publication Date:01/01/2010
- Category:
- ISBN:9780773576360
