Native Religions of North America: The Power of Visions and Fertility (Religious Traditions of the World)

By Åke Hultkrantz

The diversity and continuities in American Indian spirituality! The religious life of Native Americans is a panorama featuring an immense diversity of beliefs, ceremonies, and ways of life. Native... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0060640618
• ISBN13: 9780060640613
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Harper San Francisco
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.0" x 0.3" x 5.3"

Customer Reviews

Excellent place to begin

If you don't know anything about Native American religions and you want a general overview, this is a good place to start. Ake Hultkrantz begins with a chronology of the cultures, explains a little about traditions and worldviews, then goes on to give two examples: a society of hunters (Shoshoni), and a society of horticulturalists (Zuni). It is a very short, simple and effective way to generally categorize these societies, and will help direct you to further reading based on your interest.