Black Elk''s Religion - The Sun Dance and Lakota Catholicism

Informationen zum Autor Clyde Holler holds a Ph.D. in the philosophy of religion from Boston University and has published numerous articles on Native American religion and on Kierkegaard. He is also the editor of The Black Elk Reader. Klappentext In this religious history of the spiritual life of the great Lakota leader Black Elk, Clyde Holler reconstructs the development of the Lakota Sun Dance--the central religious ritual of the Lakota tradition, which is essential to understanding Black Elk's thought. This comprehensive study of the dance, which was banned by the U.S. government in 1883, shows how Black Elk adapted and reinterpreted it in terms commensurate with Christianity. Zusammenfassung Black Elk was one of the greatest religious thinkers produced by native North America! and the Sun Dance the central religious ritual of his Lakota tradition. This work on his life and his influence offers an in-depth analysis of the man and his cultural impact.

Product details

• Authors: Clyde Holler
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.11.1995
• EAN: 9780815603641
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0364-1
• No. of pages: 246
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 235 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Iroquois and Their Neighbors; The Iroquois and Their Neighbors
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Miscellaneous; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology