Descandalizing multiple religious identity with help from Nicholas Black Elk and his spirituality: an exercise in interreligious learning
As an exercise in interreligious learning, this essay explores the question of multiple religious identity (participation and belonging) of Lakota Catholic Nicholas Black Elk in the context of spirituality and sacramentality. By examining Black Elk’s multiple religious identity and his desire to exp...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Pennsylvania Press
2016
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Journal of ecumenical studies
Year: 2016, Volume: 51, Issue: 1, Pages: [80]-113 |
| RelBib Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion BB Indigenous religions CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history |
| Summary: | As an exercise in interreligious learning, this essay explores the question of multiple religious identity (participation and belonging) of Lakota Catholic Nicholas Black Elk in the context of spirituality and sacramentality. By examining Black Elk’s multiple religious identity and his desire to experience the Wakan, however manifested, in the context of various aspects of Lakota spirituality, a pansacramental worldview emerges in the form of panentheistic and liberal openness. From a non-Native Christian theological perspective, this essay examines Black Elk’s Lakota spirituality insofar as it yields a promising opportunity for non-Native Christians to accept without scandal the possibility of multiple religious identity. |
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| ISSN: | 0022-0558 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of ecumenical studies
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