{"product_id":"cree-and-christian-clinton-n-westman-9781496211842","title":"Cree and Christian: Encounters and Transformations","description":"2022 Choice Outstanding Academic Title \u003cbr\u003e Shortlisted for the 2023 Saskatchewan Book Award for Scholarly Writing \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCree and Christian\u003c\/i\u003e develops and applies new ethnographic approaches for understanding the reception and indigenization of Christianity, particularly through an examination of Pentecostalism in northern Alberta. Clinton N. Westman draws on historical records and his own long-term ethnographic research in Cree communities to explore questions of historical change, cultural continuity, linguistic practices in ritual, and the degree to which Indigenous identity is implicated by Pentecostal commitments. Such complexity calls for constant negotiation and improvisation, key elements of Pentecostal worship and speech strategies that have been compared to jazz modes. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The historical sweep of \u003ci\u003eCree and Christian\u003c\/i\u003e considers the dynamics of Pentecostal conversion in relation to the strengths and weaknesses of other denominations and the underlying foundation of Cree cosmological worldviews. Pentecostalism has remained open to recognizing the power of spirits while also benefiting from its own essential flexibility. Pentecostals often seek to gain a degree of temporal and spiritual autonomy and authority that may not have seemed possible under previous Christian practices or Cree traditions. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCree and Christian\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to provide a fully historicized account of Indigenous Pentecostalism, connecting contemporary religious practices and pluralism to historical Pentecostal, Evangelical, Catholic, and mainstream Protestant missions since the nineteenth century. By tracing religious practices and discourses since the 1890s, Westman paints a picture of the transformations and encounters from the earliest conversions (and resistance) to today's pluralistic, mediatized, and bilingual religious landscape.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Clinton N. Westman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496211847\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496211842\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 390\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.63lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2022","brand":"Clinton N. Westman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43996499935487,"sku":"9781496211842","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f6d5b0ed-1bb6-4fef-be07-03e255a78c07.jpg?v=1683342041","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/cree-and-christian-clinton-n-westman-9781496211842","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}