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We Have a Religion: The 1920s Pueblo Indian Dance Controversy and American Religious Freedom
Tisa Wenger
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paperback. How do we define 'religion'? For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal. This book shows that cultural notions about what constitutes 'religion' are crucial to public debates over religious freedom. Num Pages: 336 pages, 15 illustrations, 1 map, notes, bibl., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JJG; JFSL9; JPVH4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 524.
How do we define 'religion'? For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal. From nineteenth-century bans on indigenous ceremonial practices to twenty-first-century legal battles over sacred lands, peyote use, and hunting practices, the U.S. government has often acted as if Indian traditions were somehow not truly religious and therefore not eligible for the constitutional protections of the First Amendment. In this book, Tisa Wenger shows that cultural notions about what constitutes 'religion' are crucial to public debates over religious freedom.In the 1920s, Pueblo Indian leaders in New Mexico and a sympathetic coalition of non-Indian reformers successfully challenged government ... Read more
How do we define 'religion'? For Native Americans, religious freedom has been an elusive goal. From nineteenth-century bans on indigenous ceremonial practices to twenty-first-century legal battles over sacred lands, peyote use, and hunting practices, the U.S. government has often acted as if Indian traditions were somehow not truly religious and therefore not eligible for the constitutional protections of the First Amendment. In this book, Tisa Wenger shows that cultural notions about what constitutes 'religion' are crucial to public debates over religious freedom.In the 1920s, Pueblo Indian leaders in New Mexico and a sympathetic coalition of non-Indian reformers successfully challenged government ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Chapel Hill, United States
ISBN
9780807859353
SKU
V9780807859353
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About Tisa Wenger
Tisa Wenger is assistant professor of religious studies at Arizona State University in Tempe.
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