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Anderson, University of Louisiana Monroe * Nova Religio *\u003cbr\u003e[This] book is a powerful argument for the importance of the lived religion of “everyday” people. -- Alexandria Griffin * Reading Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTake Back What the Devil Stole\u003c\/i\u003e is a well-told and painfully honest story of Black womanhood in the United States. Although not representative of the totality of the Black experience, Woodbine’s presentation of Donna Haskins’s account of the complexities of gender, race, and class paints a vivid portrait of the challenges facing urban communities in this country. An unquestionable strength of this project is Woodbine’s ability to envelop the reader in Donna’s journey from powerlessness to fully empowered. 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The fourteen chapters in this volume provide extraordinarily diverse descriptions and narratives that allow readers to understand in abundant detail how Vodún (etc.) is not a single religion, but rather a vast global proliferation of sacred beliefs and practices that are in many ways related to one another, yet significantly different from place to place and through different historical periods. Readers will appreciate not only the diversity of forms and intentions of spirit service, but also that of the writers' relationships to their subjects, their closeness to the rituals or their more scientific distance, their identification (or not) with the community they study, their attention to performance, passion, aesthetics, rapture; and finally to political issues, class and race, state intervention, colonialism and its violence. 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This crisply written and thoughtful book is rich with vivid quotations from Indian sources that attest to Silverman's prodigious research. \u003ci\u003eRed Brethren\u003c\/i\u003e delivers on its promise of 'a deeply human lesson about the dark power of race in the history of America' (p. 9).\u003c\/p\u003e -- Andrew Lipman * Journal of American History *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSilverman's \u003ci\u003eRed Brethren\u003c\/i\u003e is deeply researched and well narrated; it tells a robust and nuanced story because of its attention to developments among the Oneidas and Stockbridges as well as the Brothertowns. It is deft in its critical examination of the internal conflicts that bedeviled these Native communities or set them against each other. Red Brethren offers tribal history, but it pushes beyond the older historiography of Indian history and Indian-white relations to examine fresh questions, including potentially the place of Indians within the larger narrative of American history.... \u003ci\u003eRed Brethren\u003c\/i\u003e shows that there's much more to be learned about American identity and principles and how they have been contorted by the problem of race.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Matthew Dennis * Journal of the Early Republic *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the best work on these Christian Indian communities and a notable contribution to the growing literature on the emergence of race in America. Highly recommended.\u003c\/p\u003e -- D. R. Mandell * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrologue: That Overwhelming Tide of Fate\u003cbr\u003e 1. All One Indian\u003cbr\u003e 2. Converging Paths\u003cbr\u003e 3. Betrayals\u003cbr\u003e 4. 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The significance of this constellation...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This study is based on observation, verbatim texts of myths, ethnographic data, participation in the rituals, and other publications of Huichol ethnology. The peyote complex is expertly set in the wider context of Huichol religion, society, and history. The study concludes with a review of . . . theories of Turner, Geertz, and Lévi-Strauss, which, in turn, are synthesized to provide the basis for sophisticated analysis of meaning and function of the deer-maize-peyote symbol-ritual complex. . . . Should be useful to all seriously interested in understanding alien world views.\"—Choice\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a beautiful book, recording with loving care how one thoughtful Huichol Indian wanted to see the world.\"—Review of Books and Religion\u003cbr\u003e\"Barbara G. Myerhoff's splendid study . . . is a sensible participant-observer account . . . of a shamanic priest and his small party of pilgrims as they journey to their original homeland, now a distant sacred center, in search of peyote.\"—Benjamin Ray, History of Religions\u003cbr\u003e\"Myerhoff's book will be a classic in the anthropology of religion.\"—Christian Scholar's Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. Ramón and Lupe2. Ethnographic and Historical Background3. Huichol Religion4. The Peyote Hunt as an Event5. The Deer-Maize-Peyote Complex6. 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The Devil, in religious myth, personal vision, and mystical reality, offers invaluable material for reflection and meditation.\u003c\/p\u003e * Studia Mystica *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eRussell is not only a conscientious historian, anxious to examine in texts, myths, legends, art and literature the persistence and transformation of a particular idea. He is also an introspective essayist who acknowledges his own continuing struggle to understand the nature and source of evil.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Robert Coles * New York Times Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis fascinating story of 'the Devil' explores the concept and personification of evil (defined as 'the infliction of pain on sentient beings') from its ancient beginnings into New Testament times.\u003c\/p\u003e * Seventeenth Century News *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a serious work by a first-rate medievalist who has turned his eyes to antiquity in order to elucidate the sources of man's experience of the evil one. The result is scholarly, readable, and comprehensive.... Russell's notations are copious and impressive, attesting to the vast amount of research that has gone into this study. The text is richly illustrated with some fifty well-chosen plates.... An exceptionally lucid study and a major contribution to the field.\u003c\/p\u003e * Review of Books and Religion *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePreface\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. The Question of Evil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. In Search of the Devil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. The Devil East and West\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Evil in the Classical World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Hebrew Personifications of Evil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Devil in the New Testament\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. The Face of the Devil\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSelected Bibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405178282327,"sku":"9780801494093","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801494093.jpg?v=1730488997"},{"product_id":"mysteries-of-the-jaguar-shamans-of-the-northwest-amazon-9780803243941","title":"Mysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the northwest Amazon. In this original and engaging work, Robin M. Wright, who has known and worked with da Silva for more than thirty years, weaves the story of da Silva's life together with the Baniwas' society, history, mythology, cosmology, and jaguar shaman traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eMysteries of the Jaguar Shamans\u003c\/i\u003e is a tour de force, a remarkable work of deep understanding and expressive skill that should become a classic of Amazonian ethnography.\"—Donald Pollock, \u003ci\u003eAnthropos\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Complex, detailed, fascinating, and well-written.\"—Rebecca R. Stone, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Anthropological Research \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"No ethnographer has ever written so extensively on a single shaman of the northwest Amazon. . . . A monumental study!\"—S. D. Glazier, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What \u003ci\u003eMysteries of the Jaguar Shamans of the Northwest Amazon\u003c\/i\u003e will be most remembered for is the essential connection between myths, religious roles, social organization, and physical places. . . . Any anthropologist interested in shamanism or animism should take note of it.\"—Jack David Eller, \u003ci\u003eAnthropology Review Database\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 1. Shamans, Chanters, Sorcerers, and Prophets\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. \"You Are Going to Save Many Lives\": The Life Story of Mandu da Silva, Hohodene Jaguar Shaman, coauthored by Manuel da Silva and Ercilia Lima da Silva\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. Mandu's Apprenticeship and a Jaguar Shaman's Powers of World-Making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. \"You Will Suffer Along Our Way\": The Great Suffering in Mandu's Life\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 2. Shamanic Knowledge and Power in the Baniwa Universe\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. Creation, Cosmology, and Ecological Time\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. Mythscapes as Living Memories of the Ancestors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 3. Transmission of Shamanic Knowledge and Power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. The Birth of the Child of the Sun, Kuwai\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Death and Regeneration in the First Initiation Rites, Kwaipan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. A Struggle for Power and Knowledge among Men and Women\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart 4. Revitalization Movements in Traditional and Christianized Communities\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. The House of Shamans' Knowledge and Power, the House of Adornment, and the Pamaale School Complex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 1. Letter Authorizing Reproductions of Kuwai-ka Wamundana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix 2. Description of \u003ci\u003eThe Mysterious Body of Kuwai\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405256466775,"sku":"9780803243941","price":40.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803243941.jpg?v=1730489302"},{"product_id":"native-american-environmentalism-land-spirit-and-the-idea-of-wilderness-9780803248359","title":"Native American Environmentalism  Land Spirit and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCountering the inclination to associate indigenous peoples with \"wilderness\" or to conflate everything \"Indian\" with a vague sense of the ecological, this book shows how Indian communities were forced to migrate to make way for the nation's \"wilderness\" parks in the nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This volume offers a unique study of environmentalism and the author shows great respect for Native Americans and their beliefs and proclaims that they have much to teach wider society.\"—\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In an era when environmental problems are growing in number and severity, this interdisciplinary book is timely for examining humanity's place in nature by scrutinizing in historical and comparative perspective the spiritual ecology of Native Americans. . . . Porter lays some of the crucial foundation for a fundamental rethinking of the vital interrelationships between religion and nature for the sake of creating a far more sustainable, just, peaceful, and spiritual society. Summing Up: Recommended.\"—\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Joy Porter's \u003ci\u003eLand and Spirit in Native America\u003c\/i\u003e effectively challenges the empty rhetoric and wishful thinking about pan-Indian holism, spirituality, and place. In its place Porter offers a nuanced, grounded, and insightful investigation of the role of spirit and land in a range of tribal localities and uses an equally wide range of modalities to remind us the ways in which American Indian tribes have experienced and expressed the relationship of place and person in the last two hundred years. Excellent, insightful, and considered--a valuable addition to the field.\"—David Treuer, professor of English at University of Minnesota, Leech Lake Reservation\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm glad Joy Porter has written masterfully about this matter of continuity in \u003ci\u003eLand and Spirit in Native America\u003c\/i\u003e.\"—Simon Ortiz, author of \u003ci\u003eWoven Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFrom Sand Creek\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOut There Somewhere\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgmentsIntroduction1. Approaches to Spirituality, Tradition, Land, Wilderness, Nature, Landscape, and Place2. On Middle Way Thinking, Gardening, Parks, and Aspects of Indian Thinking about Land3. Spiritual Approaches to Life in America4. Literature, Land, and Spirit5. Art, Land, and Spirit6. Environmental Justice, Place, and Indian \"Sacrifice\"7. Vanishing, Reappearing, and Disappearing Indians on American Soil8. Future Directions Into and Out of the WildNotesBibliographyIndex","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405258563927,"sku":"9780803248359","price":22.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780803248359.jpg?v=1730489313"},{"product_id":"the-canadian-sioux-9780803271760","title":"The Canadian Sioux","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Canadian Sioux are descendants of Santees, Yanktonais, and Tetons from the United States who sought refuge in Canada during the 1860s and 1870s. This book helps fill that gap in the literature and remains relevant even in the twenty-first century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Howard has written a very good book, which demonstrates that the Canadian Sioux have retained some traditions that their relatives in the United States have abandoned. \u003ci\u003eThe Canadian Sioux\u003c\/i\u003e is recommended reading to students of Sioux traditions.”—\u003ci\u003eMinnesota History Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of IllustrationsForewordForeword to the Bison Books EditionPreface1. Traditional Sioux Culture2. Tribal DivisionsTraditional Band NamesThe Canadian Reserves3. The Sioux in Canada4. Traditional History5. Warfare6. EconomyWild Plant FoodsHuntingFishingAnimal HusbandryHorticulture and Food ProductionHousing and SettlementTechnology and CraftsBeadwork and QuillworkClothing7. Social LifeChildrenCourtship and MarriageKin GroupsKinship SystemVisitingAthletic SportsGambling GamesSocial Dances8. Philosophy and ReligionSupernatural BeingsFolktalesMagicDoctoringDeath and Burial9. Ceremonialism, the Woodlands HeritageVision QuestPrayer Feast and Medicine FeastAdoption FeastMedicine DanceAnimal Dreamers10. Ceremonialism, the Plains HeritageSun DanceHorse DanceWarrior Society DancesGrass DanceThachó, Warbonnet, and Buffalo DancesHeyókha DanceGhost DancePeyote Religion11. 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