Book
The Sacred : ways of knowledge, sources of life
Record details
- ISBN: 0912586249
- ISBN: 9780912586243
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Physical Description:
368 pages : illstrations, maps ; 28 cm.
print - Edition: Redesigned edition.
- Publisher: Tsaile, Arizona : Navajo Community College, 1993.
- Copyright: ©1990, 1977.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Ch.1 Seeking Life: Definitions of Religion and the Sacred -- Part 1 Definitions of Religion -- Definitions of Sacred ways -- Part 2 Ways of thinking about the sacred -- Ch. 2 Ritual Drama and Prayer -- Ch. 3 Learning the Way: Traditional Education -- Ch. 4 The Boundaries of the World: Seasons, Origins and other worlds -- Ch. 5 Shamanism and the world of spirits: The oldest religion -- Ch. 6 The changeable Earth: The colonizers and genocide -- Ch. 7 The world out of balance -- Ch. 8 The path of life -- Ch. 9 Girl's puberty ceremonies -- Ch. 10 The peyote spirit -- Ch. 11 Sacred and secular: Seminole tradition in the midst of change -- Ch. 12 Navajo traditional knowledge -- Ch. 13 Sacred fools and clowns -- Ch. 14 The wandering ground |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Donation (copy 2 only) ; 2007/06 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Indigenous spirituality -- North America Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Religion First Nations |
| Topic Heading: | Syncretism Ghost Dance Shamanism Navajo > Religion Medicine Wheel Peyote > Ritual Native > Religion Women's Rites |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library. (Show)
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Prince Rupert Library | 299.78 Beck (Text) | 33294001197664 | Adult Non-Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
