The Solidarity of Kin
Ethnohistory, Religious Studies, and the Algonkian-French Religious Encounter
By Kenneth M. Morrison | Publisher: State University of New York Press
About the book
Arguing that Native Americans' religious life and history have been misinterpreted, author Kenneth M. Morrison reconstructs the Eastern Algonkians' world views and demonstrates the indigenous modes of rationality that shaped not only their encounter with the French but also their self-directed process of religious change. In reassessing controversial anthropological, historical, and ethnohistorical scholarship, Morrison develops interpretive strategies that are more responsive to the religious world views of the Eastern Algonkian peoples. He concludes that the Eastern Algonkians did not convert to Catholicism, but rather applied traditional knowledge and values to achieve a pragmatic and critical sense of Christianity and to preserve and extend kinship solidarity into the future. The result was a remarkable intersection of Eastern Algonkian and missionary cosmologies.
Editions of The Solidarity of Kin
- Hardcover
- ISBN 9780791454053
- Paperback
- ISBN 9780791454060
- PDF
- ISBN 9780791488409
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Arguing that Native Americans' religious life and history have been misinterpreted, author Kenneth M. Morrison reconstructs the Eastern Algonkians' world views and demonstrates the indigenous modes of rationality that shaped not only their encounter with the French but also their self-directed process of religious change. In reassessing controversial anthropological, historical, and ethnohistorical scholarship, Morrison develops interpretive strategies that are more responsive to the religious world views of the Eastern Algonkian peoples. He concludes that the Eastern Algonkians did not convert to Catholicism, but rather applied traditional knowledge and values to achieve a pragmatic and critical sense of Christianity and to preserve and extend kinship solidarity into the future. The result was a remarkable intersection of Eastern Algonkian and missionary cosmologies.
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Arguing that Native Americans' religious life and history have been misinterpreted, author Kenneth M. Morrison reconstructs the Eastern Algonkians' world views and demonstrates the indigenous modes of rationality that shaped not only their encounter with the French but also their self-directed process of religious change. In reassessing controversial anthropological, historical, and ethnohistorical scholarship, Morrison develops interpretive strategies that are more responsive to the religious world views of the Eastern Algonkian peoples. He concludes that the Eastern Algonkians did not convert to Catholicism, but rather applied traditional knowledge and values to achieve a pragmatic and critical sense of Christianity and to preserve and extend kinship solidarity into the future. The result was a remarkable intersection of Eastern Algonkian and missionary cosmologies.
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Society and Social Sciences > Sociology and anthropology > Anthropology
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How long is The Solidarity of Kin and how many pages does it have?
The Solidarity of Kin has 254 page(s)
Is The Solidarity of Kin part of a series, and can it be read as a standalone?
Yes it is a part of series SUNY series in Native American Religions
Who is/are the Author/s of the book The Solidarity of Kin?
Kenneth M. Morrison
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The Solidarity of Kin is available as hardcover(ISBN 9780791454053) and paperback(ISBN 9780791454060) and pdf(ISBN 9780791488409)
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