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God Is Red: A Native View of Religion, 30th Anniversary Edition » (30th Anniversary)

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Authors: Jr. Deloria
ISBN-13: 9781555914981, ISBN-10: 1555914985
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
Date Published: September 2003
Edition: 30th Anniversary

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Author Biography: Jr. Deloria

Vine Deloria Jr., was a leading Native American scholar, whose research, writings, and teaching have encompassed history, law, religious studies, and political science. He is the former executive director of the National Congress of American Indians.

Book Synopsis

The seminal work on Native religious views, asking questions about our species and our ultimate fate.

Publishers Weekly

Deloria, executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, offers a revised edition of his 1972 study of Native American religion. (Mar.)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Foreword
Introduction
Ch. 1The Indian movement1
Ch. 2The Indians of the American imagination23
Ch. 3The religious challenge45
Ch. 4Thinking in time and space61
Ch. 5The problem of creation77
Ch. 6The concept of history97
Ch. 7The spatial problem of history113
Ch. 8Origin of religion133
Ch. 9Natural and hybrid peoples149
Ch. 10Death and religion165
Ch. 11Human personality185
Ch. 12The group203
Ch. 13Christianity and contemporary American culture219
Ch. 14Tribal religions and contemporary American culture237
Ch. 15The aboriginal world and Christian history257
Ch. 16Sacred places and moral responsibility271
Ch. 17Religion today287
Appendices297
Bibliography307
Index313

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