Around the Sacred Fire

by Treat, James

• ISBN13: 9780252075018
• ISBN10: 0252075013
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-12-24
• Publisher: Univ of Illinois Pr

Author Biography

James Treat is an associate professor of religious studies at the University of Illinois

Table of Contents

Prologue: "All This Religious Squabbling"	p. 1
Contexts
"Spiritual Revival for Indians"	p. 13
Traditional Movement
Unity Convention
Intertribal Solidarity
Spiritual Revolution
"Disharmony and Religious Feuds"	p. 37
Cherokee Prophecy
Action Anthropology
Cross-Cultural Education
Ecumenical Personality
"The Churches Must Listen"	p. 61
Anglican Missions
Indian Work
Hendry Report
Clerical Activists
"About Saving the World"	p. 89
Rochdale College
Indian Studies
Ecumenical Conference
Buckskin Curtain
Conversations
"Modern Indian Religious Life"	p. 123
Steering Committee
Crow Agency
Interreligious Organization
Consequences
"These Hills and Mountains"	p. 173
Stoney Country
Ordained Chief
Indian Park
Sacred Fire
"Dissatisfaction Evidenced by Some"	p. 201
Growing Concern
Crash Course
Battle Royal
Liberation Process
"This Sacred Event Interrupted"	p. 229
Ideological Investment
Divine Disapproval
Elaborate Representations
Numinous Encounters
"To Implement Meaningful Change"	p. 257
Personal Transformations
Impending Obsolescence
Tarnished Reputation
Lingering Embers
Epilogue: "Teachings from This Fire"	p. 291
Acknowledgments	p. 307
Notes	p. 309
Index	p. 373
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