Prophets of the Great Spirit: Native American Revitalization Movements in Eastern North America

by Alfred A. Cave

Prophets of the Great Spirit offers an in-depth look at the work of a diverse group of Native American visionaries who forged new, syncretic religious movements that provided their peoples with the ideological means to resist white domination. By blending ideas borrowed from Christianity with traditional beliefs, they transformed "high" gods or a distant and aloof creator into a powerful, activist deity that came to be called the Great Spirit...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080321555X
• ISBN13: 9780803215559
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"