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Honoring Elders: Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion
Michael D. McNally
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Hardback. Series: Religion and American Culture. Num Pages: 408 pages, 22 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRK; HRLP1; JF; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in sophistication to those of Confucianism. Even as the dispossession and policies of assimilation have threatened Ojibwe peoplehood and have targeted the traditions and the elders who embody it, Ojibwe and other Anishinaabe communities have been resolute and resourceful in their disciplined respect for elders. Indeed, the challenges of colonization have served to accentuate ... Read more
Like many Native Americans, Ojibwe people esteem the wisdom, authority, and religious significance of old age, but this respect does not come easily or naturally. It is the fruit of hard work, rooted in narrative traditions, moral vision, and ritualized practices of decorum that are comparable in sophistication to those of Confucianism. Even as the dispossession and policies of assimilation have threatened Ojibwe peoplehood and have targeted the traditions and the elders who embody it, Ojibwe and other Anishinaabe communities have been resolute and resourceful in their disciplined respect for elders. Indeed, the challenges of colonization have served to accentuate ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Series
Religion and American Culture
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231145022
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V9780231145022
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About Michael D. McNally
Michael D. McNally is associate professor of religion at Carleton College. He is the author of Ojibwe Singers: Hymns, Grief, and a Native Culture in Motion and Art of Tradition: Sacred Music, Dance, and Myth of Michigan's Anishinaabe 1946-1955.
Reviews for Honoring Elders: Aging, Authority, and Ojibwe Religion
This work presents thoughtful philosophical reflections on the very idea of tradition...the author offers refreshing insights... highly recommended. Choice A terrifically thought-provoking study of what honoring elders means.
Heid E. Erdrich The Circle An excellent resource for scholars studying aging, eldership, or the Anishinaabe people.
Shelly E. V. Nixon Religious Studies Review This is an extraordinarily fascinating book; ... Read more
Heid E. Erdrich The Circle An excellent resource for scholars studying aging, eldership, or the Anishinaabe people.
Shelly E. V. Nixon Religious Studies Review This is an extraordinarily fascinating book; ... Read more