Inuit shamanism and christianity: transitions and transformations in the twentieth century
Annotation, While the transition to Christianity in the Canadian Arctic occurred between the end of the eighteenth century and the 1950s, the various and complex transformations that happened during this time have not been fully understood. Using both archival material and oral testimony collected d...
| Published in: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series |
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| Authors: | ; |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Montréal [u.a.]
McGill-Queen's Univ. Press
2010
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| In: |
McGill-Queen's native and northern series (59)
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| Series/Journal: | McGill-Queen's native and northern series
59 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Northwest Territories
/ Eskimo
/ Shamanism
/ Mission
/ History 1900-2000
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| Further subjects: | B
Shamanism (Canada, Northern)
History 20th century
B Inuit Religion B Christianity (Canada, Northern) History 20th century B Inuit Missions B Inuit mythology B Inuit Social life and customs B Inuit Missions B Inuit Social life and customs B Inuit Religion B Shamanism Canada, Northern History 20th century B Christianity Canada, Northern History 20th century |
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| Summary: | Annotation, While the transition to Christianity in the Canadian Arctic occurred between the end of the eighteenth century and the 1950s, the various and complex transformations that happened during this time have not been fully understood. Using both archival material and oral testimony collected during workshops in Nunavut between 1996 and 2008, FrÉdÉric 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 hunting ideology shaped Inuit Christian cosmology and how Christianity changed Inuit shamanic traditions. Inuit Shamanism and Christianityis particularly useful in distinguishing between the influence of Anglican, Catholic, and, more recently, Pentecostal and Evangelical movements and in delineating the ways in which Shamanism still influences modern life in Inuit communities |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibiographical references (p. [435] - 457) and index |
| ISBN: | 077353590X |