Native American Religious Traditions
Religions of the World
Series Editor: Ninian Smart.
Associate Editor: Richard D. Hecht
Suzanne J. Crawford
Published by Routledge, 2016
This series provides succinct and balanced overviews of the religions of the
world. Written in an accessible and informative style, and assuming little or no
prior knowledge on the part of the reader, each book gives a basic introduction
to the faith - its history, beliefs, and practices - and emphasizes modern
developments and the role and impact of the religion in today's world.
Native American Religious Traditions is a concise and readable introduction to
North America's indigenous religious traditions, their historical context, and
how they are practiced and experienced today. Focusing particularly on three
distinctive Native traditions - the Coast Salish, Lakota, and Diné (Navajo) - it
provides valuable insight into sacred ceremonies, beliefs, and practices, and
looks at the ways indigenous peoples have creatively responded, and continue
to respond, to the challenges of the modern world.
Suzanne J. Crawford is Assitant Professor of Religion and Culture at Pacific Lutheran University, Tacoma, Washington.
Ninian Smart (deceased) was J.F. Rowny Professor of Comparative Religions at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Richard D. Hecht is Professor of Religion at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
(The text above comes from the back of the book)