Description
From the perspective of historians and theologians, the Native American Catholic Studies Reader offers a curated collection of essays divided into three sections: education and evangelization; tradition and transition; and Native American lives. Contributors include scholars currently working in the field: Mark Clatterbuck, Damian Costello, Conor J. Donnan, Ross Enochs, Allan Greer, Mark G. Thiel, and Christopher Vecsey, as well as selections from a past generation: Gerald McKevitt, SJ, and Carl F. Starkloff, SJ.
These contributions explore the interaction of missionaries and tribal leaders, the relationship of traditional Native cosmology and religiosity to Christianity, and the role of geography and tribal consciousness in accepting and maintaining indigenous and religious identities. These readings highlight the state of the emergent field of Native-Catholic studies and suggest further avenues for research and publication.
For scholars, teachers, and students, the Native American Catholic Studies Reader explores how the faith of the American Church's eldest members became a means of expressing and celebrating language, family, and tribe.
About the Author
David J. Endres is dean of Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West/Athenaeum of Ohio and editor of U.S. Catholic Historian.
Ben Black Bear, Jr. is a Lakota (Sioux) tribal leader, deacon, and former chair of the Lakota Language Department at Sinte Gleska University.
Book Information
ISBN 9780813235899
Author David J. Endres
Format Paperback
Page Count 180
Imprint The Catholic University of America Press
Publisher The Catholic University of America Press
Weight(grams) 428g