Considers the confrontation between Christian culture and Native American culture and religion, covering their similarities and their differences.
R. Murray Thomas is professor emeritus at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
In Manitou and God, Thomas describes American Indian religions as
they compare with principal features of Christian doctrine and
practice. He traces the development of sociopolitical and religious
relations between American Indians and the European immigrants who,
over the centuries, spread across the continent, captured Indian
lands and decimated Indian culture in general and religion in
particular. He identifies the modern-day status of American Indians
and their religions, including the progress Indians have made
toward improving their political power, socioeconomic condition,
and cultural/religious recovery and the difficulties they continue
to face in their attempts to better their lot. Readers will gain a
better sense of the give and take between these two cultures and
the influence each has had on the other.
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Scholars comparing traditional American Indian religious beliefs
and practices with Christianity will find this an abundantly useful
volume. Thomas writes in an academic but clear style as he examines
North American Indian religious beliefs and their historical
relationship to Christianity. . . . This is a superb place for
researchers of North American Indian religious beliefs to begin. It
is highly recommended for academic and public libraries.
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