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Religion and Hopi Life, Second Edition

English · Paperback / Softback

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This updated edition incorporates other minor corrections and additions to the text, and revises and expands the footnotes and the annotated bibliography.

List of contents










Preliminary Table of Contents:

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

Part I. Work and Ritual

One. A Religious Practicality

Two. A Sacred Society

Three. The Utility of Prayer

Part II. Dominance and Religion

Four. Contact and Change

Five. Compartmentalization and Prophecy

Six. Sacred and Human

Postscript, 2003

Notes

Annotated Bibliography

Index of Hopi Terms

Subject and Name Index


About the author










JOHN D. LOFTIN is a lawyer and teaches in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.


Summary

Tells the story of Hopi religious life in a way that makes sense to both Hopis and outsiders. While not the Hopi's own story, this account attempts to honor and do justice to the way in which the Hopi embody religious meaning through the living of their lives.

Product details

Authors John D. Loftin, Loftin John D
Assisted by Catherine L. Albanese (Editor), Stephen J. Stein (Editor)
Publisher Indiana University Press
 
Languages English
Product format Paperback / Softback
Released 01.04.2003
 
EAN 9780253215727
ISBN 978-0-253-21572-7
No. of pages 224
Dimensions 163 mm x 206 mm x 17 mm
Weight 290 g
Series Religion in North America
Religion in North America
Indiana University Press (IPS)
Subjects Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions
Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works

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