Renewing the World: Plains Indian Religion and Morality (Culture, History, & the Contemporary) - Softcover

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Harrod, Howard L.

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9780816513123: Renewing the World: Plains Indian Religion and Morality (Culture, History, & the Contemporary)
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ISBN 10: 0816513120 ISBN 13: 9780816513123
Publisher: University of Arizona Press, 1992

Synopsis

A valuable resource for anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and western historians who wish to better understand ritual life in the Plains region. —Western Historical Quarterly

"Harrod's discussion of kinship and reciprocity in Northwest Plains cosmology contains valuable insight into Native American worldview, and his emphasis on the moral dimension of ritual process is a major addition to the too-often ignored subject of Native American moral life." —Journal of Religion

"Includes the major works on Blackfoot, Crow, Cheyennes, and Arapaho religion, the works to which anyone who wishes to understand the religious life of these tribes must continue to turn." —Choice

"Plains people, Harrod suggests, refracted nature and conceived an environmental ethic through a metaphor of kinship. He is particularly skillful in characterizing the ambiguity Plains people expressed at the necessity of killing and eating their animal kin. Renewing the World also contributes to another new and uncultivated science we might call 'ecology of mind'." —Great Plains Quarterly

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About the Author


Howard L. Harrod is Oberlin Alumni Professor of Social Ethics and Sociology of Religion and Professor of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University.

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"A valuable resource for anthropologists, ethnohistorians, and western historians who wish to better understand ritual life in the Plains region." --"Western Historical Quarterly"
"Harrod's discussion of kinship and reciprocity in Northwest Plains cosmology contains valuable insight into Native American worldview, and his emphasis on the moral dimension of ritual process is a major addition to the too-often ignored subject of Native American moral life." --"Journal of Religion"
"Includes the major works on Blackfoot, Crow, Cheyennes, and Arapaho religion, the works to which anyone who wishes to understand the religious life of these tribes must continue to turn." --"Choice"
"Plains people, Harrod suggests, refracted nature and conceived an environmental ethic through a metaphor of kinship. He is particularly skillful in characterizing the ambiguity Plains people expressed at the necessity of killing and eating their animal kin. Renewing the World also contributes to another new and uncultivated science we might call 'ecology of mind'." --"Great Plains Quarterly"

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Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Publication date
1992
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0816513120
ISBN 13 
9780816513123
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
228
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