Frederic B. Laugrand, Jarich G. Oosten

Inuit Shamanism and Christianity (eBook, PDF)

Transitions and Transformations in the Twentieth Century

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Using archival material and oral testimony collected during workshops in Nunavut between 1996 and 2008, Frederic 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 "e;outside"e; 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 ideology of a hunting society shaped Inuit Christian cosmology and how Christianity changed Inuit shamanic traditions.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Seitenzahl: 488
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780773576360
• Artikelnr.: 37845492

Autorenporträt

Frédéric B. Laugrand is professor of anthropology, and director of the Centre Interuniversitaire d'Études et de Recherches Autochtones (CIÉRA), Université Laval. Jarich G. Oosten (1945-2016) was associate professor of anthropology at Leiden University and the author of numerous books, including Inuit Shamanism and Christianity: Transitions and Transformation in the Twentieth Century with Frédéric B. Laugrand.