Coming Down from Above: Prophecy, Resistance, and Renewal in Native American Religionsvolume 258

by Lee Irwin

For longer than five centuries, Native Americans have struggled to adapt to colonialism, missionization, and government control policies. This first comprehensive survey of prophetic movements in Native North America tells how religious leaders blended indigenous beliefs with Christianity's prophetic traditions to respond to those challenges. Lee Irwin gathers a scattered literature to provide a single-volume overview that depicts American Indians'...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806139668
• ISBN13: 9780806139661
• Release Date: December 2008
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 528 Pages
• Weight: 2.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 7.2" x 10.0"