The Island of the Anishnaabeg: Thunderers and Water Monsters in the Traditional Ojibwe Life-World

Author:   Theresa S. Smith
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
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9780803238329


Pages:   248
Publication Date:   01 July 2012
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Theresa S. Smith
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.381kg
ISBN:  

9780803238329


ISBN 10:   0803238320
Pages:   248
Publication Date:   01 July 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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A thoroughly fascinating and carefully argued investigation of the Ojibwe religious cosmology exploring two critical mythic beings... Extremely accessible. Religious Studies Review. The Island of the Anishnaabeg is excellent scholarship, empathetic interpretation, and engaging. [Smith's] book is enhanced by a clear prose augmented by well selected pictures of artwork by Manitoulin Ojibwe which illustrate many points . North Dakota Quarterly. [Smith] provides valuable primary sources in contemporary religious thought and interestingly synthesizes much past material in the light of the present. Appropriate for cross-cultural theology and philosophy courses as well as Native American studies, mythology, religious revitalization, and hermeneutics . R. A. Bucko, Choice.


A thoroughly fascinating and carefully argued investigation of the Ojibwe religious cosmology exploring two critical mythic beings... Extremely accessible. -Religious Studies Review -- Gary Laderman Religious Studies Review The Island of the Anishnaabeg is excellent scholarship, empathetic interpretation, and engaging. [Smith's] book is enhanced by a clear prose augmented by well selected pictures of artwork by Manitoulin Ojibwe which illustrate many points. -North Dakota Quarterly -- Gregory Gagnon North Dakota Quarterly [Smith] provides valuable primary sources in contemporary religious thought and interestingly synthesizes much past material in the light of the present. Appropriate for cross-cultural theology and philosophy courses as well as Native American studies, mythology, religious revitalization, and hermeneutics. -R. A. Bucko, Choice -- R. A. Bucko Choice


A thoroughly fascinating and carefully argued investigation of the Ojibwe religious cosmology exploring two critical mythic beings. . . . Extremely accessible. -- Religious Studies Review --Gary Laderman Religious Studies Review


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Theresa S. Smith is a professor of religious studies at Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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