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Online-Ressource (488 p)
ISBN:
9780773535909
Serie:
McGill-Queen's Native and Northern Series v.58
Inhalt:
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.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One: Angakkuuniq and Christianity -- 1 Continuity and Decline -- 2 Missionaries and Angakkuit -- 3 Inuit Winter Feasts -- Part Two: Animals, Owners, and Non-human Beings -- 4 Hunters and Prey -- 5 The Owners of the Sky, the Land, and the Sea -- 6 Inuunngittut, Non-human Beings from the Land and the Sea -- Part Three: Encounters, Healing, and Power -- 7 Initiation, Visions, and Dreams -- 8 Healing as a Socio-cosmic Process -- 9 Powerful Objects and Words -- Part Four: Connecting to Ancestors and Land -- 10 Connecting to Ancestors: Qilaniq and Qilauti, Head Lifting and Drum Dancing -- 11 Reconnecting People and Healing the Land: Inuit Pentecostal and Evangelical Movements -- 12 Transitions and Transformations -- Appendix 1: Glossary of Inuktitut Words -- Appendix 2: Inuit Elders -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W.
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Description based upon print version of record
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""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Part One: Angakkuuniq and Christianity""; ""1 Continuity and Decline""; ""2 Missionaries and Angakkuit""; ""3 Inuit Winter Feasts""; ""Part Two: Animals, Owners, and Non-human Beings""; ""4 Hunters and Prey""; ""5 The Owners of the Sky, the Land, and the Sea""; ""6 Inuunngittut, Non-human Beings from the Land and the Sea""; ""Part Three: Encounters, Healing, and Power""; ""7 Initiation, Visions, and Dreams""; ""8 Healing as a Socio-cosmic Process""; ""9 Powerful Objects and Words""
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""Part Four: Connecting to Ancestors and Land""""10 Connecting to Ancestors: Qilaniq and Qilauti, Head Lifting and Drum Dancing""; ""11 Reconnecting People and Healing the Land: Inuit Pentecostal and Evangelical Movements""; ""12 Transitions and Transformations""; ""Appendix 1: Glossary of Inuktitut Words""; ""Appendix 2: Inuit Elders""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""
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ISBN 9780773576360
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ISBN 9780773535909
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Inuit Shamanism and Christianity : Transitions and Transformations in the Twentieth Century
Sprache:
Englisch
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