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Dream Catchers : How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality, Paperback by Jenkins, Philip, ISBN 0195189108, ISBN-13 9780195189100, Brand New, Free shipping in the US In this account of the changing attitudes towards Native American spirituality, Philip Jenkins charts the history of white American attitudes toward Native religions from colonial times to the present.
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PublisherOxford University Press, Incorporated
ISBN-100195189108
ISBN-139780195189100
eBay Product ID (ePID)46824891
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Book TitleDream Catchers : How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality
Number of Pages320 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2005
TopicComparative Religion, History
GenreReligion
AuthorPhilip Jenkins
FormatPerfect
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Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight15.2 Oz
Item Length5.9 in
Item Width8.8 in
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Reviews"Jenkins has acquainted himself with the relevant historical materials andalso acquainted himself with more New Age manuals, mantras and sales pitchesthan any human being should have to endure. This allows him to trace a strikingshift in white attitudes, an exchange of one kind of willful stupidity foranother."--New York Times Book Review, "Jenkins has acquainted himself with the relevant historical materials and also acquainted himself with more New Age manuals, mantras and sales pitches than any human being should have to endure. This allows him to trace a striking shift in white attitudes, an exchange of one kind of willfulstupidity for another."--New York Times Book Review, "Anyone wishing to understand the ongoing romanticization of Native American spirituality should read this book.... Although Jenkins is critical of whites' apropriations of Native American culture and belief, and particularly of their tendency to repackage New Age ideas with a veneer ofindigenous authority, his tone is never unfair; he does a masterful job of setting such uses-cum-exploitations in historical context."--Publishers Weekly, "Jenkins presents this hitory with an enormous range of facts, but his description and analyais remain lucid."-- Numen, "Jenkins presents this history with an enormous range of facts, but hisdescription and analysis remain lucid."--Numen, "With his characteristic eye for nuance and his uncanny ability to masteran enormous range of evidence and present it in a clear, compelling, provocativeform, Jenkins has written an indispensable book."--Books and Culture, "Magnetically absorbing.... Jenkins fills in the major details of the lasttwo centuries of deep white interest in Native religion with his customarythoroughness, and he scrupulously avoids judgments about the validity as well asthe theological truth of the many practices and cults he sketches. He relaysfascinating history with scholarly care and in prose as clear as it isprecise."--Booklist (starred review), "Jenkins presents this hitory with an enormous range of facts, but his description and analyais remain lucid."--Numen"This extremely readable and thought-provoking book is recommended for academic and large public libraries and where there is strong interest in contemporary religion and Native Americans."--Library Journal"Jenkins has acquainted himself with the relevant historical materials and also acquainted himself with more New Age manuals, mantras and sales pitches than any human being should have to endure. This allows him to trace a striking shift in white attitudes, an exchange of one kind of willful stupidity for another."--New York Times Book Review"Magnetically absorbing.... Jenkins fills in the major details of the last two centuries of deep white interest in Native religion with his customary thoroughness, and he scrupulously avoids judgments about the validity as well as the theological truth of the many practices and cults he sketches. He relays fascinating history with scholarly care and in prose as clear as it is precise."--Booklist (starred review)"With his characteristic eye for nuance and his uncanny ability to master an enormous range of evidence and present it in a clear, compelling, provocative form, Jenkins has written an indispensable book."--Books & Culture"Jenkins presents this history with an enormous range of facts, but his description and analysis remain lucid."--Numen"Anyone wishing to understand the ongoing romanticization of Native American spirituality should read this book.... Although Jenkins is critical of whites' apropriations of Native American culture and belief, and particularly of their tendency to repackage New Age ideas with a veneer of indigenous authority, his tone is never unfair; he does a masterful job of setting such uses-cum-exploitations in historical context."--Publishers Weekly, "Magnetically absorbing.... Jenkins fills in the major details of the last two centuries of deep white interest in Native religion with his customary thoroughness, and he scrupulously avoids judgments about the validity as well as the theological truth of the many practices and cults hesketches. He relays fascinating history with scholarly care and in prose as clear as it is precise."--Booklist (starred review), "This extremely readable and thought-provoking book is recommended for academic and large public libraries and where there is strong interest in contemporary religion and Native Americans."--Library Journal, "Anyone wishing to understand the ongoing romanticization of NativeAmerican spirituality should read this book.... Although Jenkins is critical ofwhites' apropriations of Native American culture and belief, and particularly oftheir tendency to repackage New Age ideas with a veneer of indigenous authority,his tone is never unfair; he does a masterful job of setting suchuses-cum-exploitations in historical context."--Publishers Weekly, "Jenkins presents this history with an enormous range of facts, but his description and analysis remain lucid."--Numen, "With his characteristic eye for nuance and his uncanny ability to master an enormous range of evidence and present it in a clear, compelling, provocative form, Jenkins has written an indispensable book."--Books and Culture, "This extremely readable and thought-provoking book is recommended foracademic and large public libraries and where there is strong interest incontemporary religion and Native Americans."--Library Journal, "Jenkins presents this hitory with an enormous range of facts, but his description and analyais remain lucid."--Numen
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal299.7/93
SynopsisIn 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 Americanspirituality, 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 wisdomof 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 appropriationof 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 Americanreligion., 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., In Dream Catchers, Jenkins offers a brilliant account of the changing mainstream attitude towards Native American spirituality.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, andthe writings of Lynn Andrews, Frank Waters, and Carlos Castaneda., 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., 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 thecomplex 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 thewisdom 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., 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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