{"product_id":"cree-and-christian-encounters-and-transformations-hardback-9781496211842","title":"Cree and Christian; Encounters and Transformations (Hardback) 9781496211842","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCree and Christian\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eEncounters and Transformations\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eClinton N. Westman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496211842\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 January 2022\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e390 pages, 13 photographs, 1 map, index\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.688 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Solid, insightful historical research, high-level anthropological-linguistics theoretical framing, and firsthand field data mark this excellent contemporary anthropology and significant insight into 'religion'.\"-Alice B. Kehoe, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e\"Westman's work shows other scholars how indigenous forms of Christianity are forever changing, shapeshifting, and adapting to the realities that it faces. Studies on Indigenous Christianity deserve scholarship that makes room for all of its complexities and Westman's work stands as an example of what careful, nuanced scholarship can do.\"-Angela Tarango, \u003ci\u003ePentecoStudies\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“\u003ci\u003eCree and Christian\u003c\/i\u003e provides a remarkable contribution to the understanding of the lived experience and practices of Cree people in two boreal forest communities in Alberta, Canada. . . . The book provides fascinating insights on Cree religiosity, ontologies, and cultural perspectives, grasping the complexity of the religious landscape in a huge region and the transformative continuity of Cree Christianities.”-FrÉdÉric Laugrand, coauthor of \u003ci\u003eHunters, Predators, and Prey: Inuit Perceptions of Animals\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e“The study of Pentecostalism is of great importance because of the global reach of this Protestant sect and the influence among Indigenous peoples. . . . Westman offers an excellent discussion of worship-finding ecstasy-through music, singing, altar calls and testifying, praying, anointing, and laying on of hands in healing rituals.”-Julius H. Rubin, author of \u003ci\u003ePerishing Heathens: Stories of Protestant Missionaries and Christian Indians in Antebellum America\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e 2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title \u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the 2023 Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCree and Christian\u003c\/i\u003e develops and applies new ethnographic approaches for understanding the reception and indigenization of Christianity, particularly through an examination of Pentecostalism in northern Alberta. Clinton N. Westman draws on historical records and his own long-term ethnographic research in Cree communities to explore questions of historical change, cultural continuity, linguistic practices in ritual, and the degree to which Indigenous identity is implicated by Pentecostal commitments. Such complexity calls for constant negotiation and improvisation, key elements of Pentecostal worship and speech strategies that have been compared to jazz modes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The historical sweep of \u003ci\u003eCree and Christian\u003c\/i\u003e considers the dynamics of Pentecostal conversion in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of other denominations and the underlying foundation of Cree cosmological worldviews. Pentecostalism has remained open to recognizing the power of spirits while also benefiting from its own essential flexibility. Pentecostals often seek to gain a degree of temporal and spiritual autonomy and authority that may not have seemed possible under previous Christian practices or Cree traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eCree and Christian\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to provide a fully historicized account of Indigenous Pentecostalism, connecting contemporary religious practices and pluralism to historical Pentecostal, Evangelical, Catholic, and mainstream Protestant missions since the nineteenth century. By tracing religious practices and discourses since the 1890s, Westman paints a picture of the transformations and encounters from the earliest conversions (and resistance) to today’s pluralistic, mediatized, and bilingual religious landscape. \u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Preface: Ethnography in Cree Christian Communities\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Understanding Cree Christian Culture\u003cbr\u003e 1. Speech, Narrative, Genre, and Translation in Cree Christianity\u003cbr\u003e 2. Early Encounters with Catholic and Anglican Missionaries in the Trout Lakes Region\u003cbr\u003e 3. Postwar Missions, Christian Villages, and the Advent of Pentecostalism\u003cbr\u003e 4. Politics and Pragmatics of Religious Pluralism\u003cbr\u003e 5. Ritual Discourse and Practice in Cree Pentecostal Congregations\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: The Transformative Continuities of Cree Pentecostalism\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Source Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52685307445528,"sku":"9781496211842","price":46.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/cree-and-christian-encounters-and-transformations-hardback-9781496211842","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}