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Prophets of the Great Spirit offers an in-depth look at the work of a diverse group of Native American visionaries who forged new, syncretic religious movements that provided their peoples with the ideological means to resist white domination. By blending ideas borrowed from Christianity with traditional beliefs, they transformed "high" gods or a distant and aloof creator into a powerful, activist deity that came to be called the Great Spirit. These revitalization leaders sought to regain the favor of the Great Spirit through reforms within their societies and the inauguration of new ritual practices.Read more...
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Contents:
Introduction --
The Delaware prophets --
The Shawnee prophet --
Tenskwatawa, Tecumseh, and the pan-Indian movement --
The red sticks --
The Seneca prophet --
The Kickapoo prophet --
Conclusion.
Offers a look at the work of a group of Native American visionaries who forged syncretic religious movements that provided their peoples with the ideological means to resist white domination. This book explains the conditions giving rise to the millenarian movements and illuminates the histories, personalities, and legacies of the movement.Read more...
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"At multiple points in Prophets, Cave demonstrates his historiographical acumen. . . . Cave's treatments, though, of Tenskwatawa and Tecumseh's efforts is perhaps the book's most informative historiographical contribution. . . . Cave's is an admirable text. It is well researched and finely written. To be sure, then, Prophets of the Great Spirit is a highly serviceable and commendable introduction for any student of Native American revitalization movements, Native American history and regions, and early American history."-Brendan Q. Swagerty, Journal of Religion -- Brendan Q. Swagerty * Journal of Religion * "In this excellent, enjoyable work, Cave explores how a series of connected religious movements led by dynamic prophets swept through Indian groups in eastern North America between 1744 and 1835. . . . Cave's book will be useful to students of religion as well as Native American history."-Choice * Choice *Read more...
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