Title Inuit shamanism and Christianity : transitions and transformations in the twentieth century / Frédéric B. Laugrand and Jarich G. Oosten

Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2010 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 467 pages : illustrations, map, portraits Series McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 59 McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 59. Contents pt. 1. Angakkuuniq and Christianity. Continuity and decline -- Missionaries and Angakkuit -- Inuit winter feasts Summary While the transition to Christianity in the Canadian Arctic occurred between the end of the eighteenth century and the 1950s, the various and complex transformations that happened during this time have not been fully understood. Using both archival material and oral testimony collected during workshops in Nunavut between 1996 and 2008, FrÉdÉric Laugrand and Jarich Oosten provide a nuanced look at Inuit religion, offering a strong counter narrative to the idea that traditional Inuit culture declined post-contact. They show that setting up a dichotomy between a past identified with traditional culture and a present involving Christianity obscures the continuity and dynamics of Inuit society, which has long borrowed and adapted "outside" elements. They argue that both Shamanism and Christianity are continually changing in the Arctic and ideas of transformation and transition are necessary to understand both how the hunting ideology shaped Inuit Christian cosmology and how Christianity changed Inuit shamanic traditions. Inuit Shamanism and Christianityis particularly useful in distinguishing between the influence of Anglican, Catholic, and, more recently, Pentecostal and Evangelical movements and in delineating the ways in which Shamanism still influences modern life in Inuit communities Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 435-457) and index Subject Inuit -- Religion Inuit -- Social life and customs Inuit mythology. Inuit -- Missions Shamanism -- Canada, Northern -- History -- 20th century Church history -- 20th century. Eskimo mythology. RELIGION -- Ethnic & Tribal. RELIGION -- General. Eskimo mythology Church history Inuit -- Missions Inuit mythology Inuit -- Religion Inuit -- Social life and customs Shamanism Eskimo Schamanismus Mythologie Christentum Sitte Eskimo. Schamanismus. Mission. Christentum. Northern Canada Nunavut Nordwestterritorien. Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book Author Oosten, J. G., 1945-2016, author ISBN 9780773576360 0773576363 0773535896 9780773535893 077353590X 9780773535909

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