Format:
Online-Ressource (xii, 344 p)
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Saint-Lazare, Quebec Gibson Library Connections 2008 Canadian electronic library. Books collection Electronic document; Available by subscription via World Wide Web
ISBN:
0889202591
Content:
How did a Belgian Oblate missionary who came to Canada to convert the aboriginals come to be buried as a Cree chief? In Dissonant Worlds Earle Waugh traces the remarkable career of Roger Vandersteene: his life as an Oblate missionary among the Cree, his intensive study of the Cree language and folkways, his status as a Cree medicine man, and the evolution of his views on the relationship between aboriginal traditions and the Roman Catholicism of the missionaries who worked among them. Above all, Dissonant Worlds traces Vandersteene's quest to build a new religious reality: a strong, spiritua
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic document; Available by subscription via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Dissonant Worlds : Roger Vandersteene among the Cree
Language:
English
Keywords:
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