Dream Catchers (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Philip Jenkins
- First Published: 2004
- Type of Work: History and religion
- Time of Work: 1585-2004
- Setting: North America
- Genres: Nonfiction, History, Religion and spirituality, Sociology
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Twenty-first century, Religion, Native Americans or American Indians, Ethnic groups, Eighteenth century, Seventeenth century, Spiritualism, Sixteenth century, New Mexico, Hallucinogens, New Age movement
- Locales: North America
Philip Jenkins is an analyst of religious and sociopolitical subjects whose reputation for provocative and controversial scholarship was established by works such as The Next Christendom: The Coming of Global Christianity (2002) and The New Anti-Catholicism: The Last Acceptable Prejudice (2003). His latest effort, Dream Catchers, is less controversial but does have the merit of originality. Many volumes have been written about American Indian spirituality, mythology, and folklore but next to nothing about the evolution of mainstream American responses to Indian...
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