Prophets of the Great Spirit

Prophets of the Great Spirit
Author: Alfred A. Cave
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 345
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 080321555X

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Prophets of the Great Spirit offers an in-depth look at the work of a diverse group of Native American visionaries who forged new, syncretic religious movements that provided their peoples with the ideological means to resist white domination. By blending ideas borrowed from Christianity with traditional beliefs, they transformed ?high? gods or a distant and aloof creator into a powerful, activist deity that came to be called the Great Spirit. These revitalization leaders sought to regain the favor of the Great Spirit through reforms within their societies and the inauguration of new ritual practices. Among the prophets included in this study are the Delaware Neolin, the Shawnee Tenkswatawa, the Creek ?Red Stick? prophets, the Seneca Handsome Lake, and the Kickapoo Kenekuk. Covering more than a century, from the early 1700s through the Kickapoo Indian removal of the Jacksonian Era, the prophets of the Great Spirit sometimes preached armed resistance but more often used nonviolent strategies to resist white cultural domination. Some prophets rejected virtually all aspects of Euro-American culture. Others sought to assure the survival of their culture through selective adaptation. Alfred A. Cave explains the conditions giving rise to the millenarian movements in detail and skillfully illuminates the key histories, personalities, and legacies of the movement. Weaving an array of sources into a compelling narrative, he captures the diversity of these prophets and their commitment to the common goal of Native American survival.

When the Great Spirit Walked Among Us

When the Great Spirit Walked Among Us
Author: Terry M. Wildman
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2014-08-22
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 9780984770632

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When the Great Spirit Walked Among Us is the second book of the First Nations Version Project by this author. A harmony of the Gospels combined into a single narrative. It retells the story of the Gospels using words and phrases that relate to the First Nations People, then also for English speaking indigenous peoples from all nations, and finally to all who want to hear the story in a fresh and unique way. You can learn more about the First Nations Version Project at our website www.firstnationsversion.com.

Pacifist Prophet

Pacifist Prophet
Author: Richard W. Pointer
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages: 421
Release: 2020-11
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1496222865

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Pacifist Prophet recounts the untold history of peaceable Native Americans in the eighteenth century, as explored through the world of Papunhank (ca. 1705–75), a Munsee and Moravian prophet, preacher, reformer, and diplomat. Papunhank’s life was dominated by a search for a peaceful homeland in Pennsylvania and the Ohio country amid the upheavals of the era between the Seven Years’ War and the American Revolution. His efforts paralleled other Indian quests for autonomy but with a crucial twist: he was a pacifist committed to using only nonviolent means. Such an approach countered the messages of other Native prophets and ran against the tide in an early American world increasingly wrecked with violence, racial hatred, and political turmoil. Nevertheless, Papunhank was not alone. He followed and contributed to a longer and wider indigenous peace tradition. Richard W. Pointer shows how Papunhank pushed beyond the pragmatic pacifism of other Indians and developed from indigenous and Christian influences a principled pacifism that became the driving force of his life and leadership. Hundreds of Native people embraced his call to be “a great Lover of Peace” in their quests for home. Against formidable odds, Papunhank’s prophetic message spoke boldly to Euro-American and Native centers of power and kept many Indians alive during a time when their very survival was constantly threatened. Papunhank’s story sheds critical new light on the responses of some Munsees, Delawares, Mahicans, Nanticokes, and Conoys for whom the “way of war” was no way at all.

The Indian Prophecy

The Indian Prophecy
Author: George Washington Parke Custis
Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
Total Pages: 38
Release: 2014-03
Genre:
ISBN: 9781497933170

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This Is A New Release Of The Original 1859 Edition.

American Prophets

American Prophets
Author: Albert J. Raboteau
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2016-09-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1400874408

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A "powerful text" (Tavis Smiley) about how religion drove the fight for social justice in modern America American Prophets sheds critical new light on the lives and thought of seven major prophetic figures in twentieth-century America whose social activism was motivated by a deeply felt compassion for those suffering injustice. In this compelling and provocative book, acclaimed religious scholar Albert Raboteau tells the remarkable stories of Abraham Joshua Heschel, A. J. Muste, Dorothy Day, Howard Thurman, Thomas Merton, Martin Luther King, Jr., and Fannie Lou Hamer—inspired individuals who succeeded in conveying their vision to the broader public through writing, speaking, demonstrating, and organizing. Raboteau traces how their paths crossed and their lives intertwined, creating a network of committed activists who significantly changed the attitudes of several generations of Americans about contentious political issues such as war, racism, and poverty. Raboteau examines the influences that shaped their ideas and the surprising connections that linked them together. He discusses their theological and ethical positions, and describes the rhetorical and strategic methods these exemplars of modern prophecy used to persuade their fellow citizens to share their commitment to social change. A momentous scholarly achievement as well as a moving testimony to the human spirit, American Prophets represents a major contribution to the history of religion in American politics. This book is essential reading for anyone who is concerned about social justice, or who wants to know what prophetic thought and action can mean in today's world.

White Spirit Animals

White Spirit Animals
Author: J. Zohara Meyerhoff Hieronimus
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 450
Release: 2017-10-24
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 1591432480

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Explores the powers and wisdom of sacred White Spirit Animals • Looks in-depth at the lessons of the major White Spirit Animals: the White Bear, White Lion, White Elephant, White Wolf, and White Buffalo • Explains how to use shamanic dreaming and trans-species telepathy to communicate with these great spiritual teachers • Reveals how White Spirit Animals are calling humanity to restore balance, respect, reverence, and honor to protect our animal kin, ourselves, and the earth Beautiful rarities of nature, all-white animals are held sacred by many indigenous cultures and offer deep wisdom to all who will listen. In addition to the White Buffalo, there are other revered white animals, such as the White Wolf, White Lion, White Elephant, and White Bear. Each of these White Spirit Animals belongs to a species at the apex of their ecosystem, meaning the environment in which they live will unravel without them. Speaking through ancient and modern prophecy and the many humans who communicate with them, these White Spirit Animals are urgently calling to humanity to restore balance and protect our animal kin, ourselves, and the earth. Combining sacred elder lore, science, and her own telepathic dreams, Zohara Hieronimus looks at the special role played by White Spirit Animals in spiritual traditions and prophecy around the globe, where they are seen as guardians of animal wisdom, each with a special purpose and gift. She reveals how they have collaborated with humanity since the last ice age, inspiring spiritual practices and conferring shamanistic powers, and are considered the stewards of the great spiritual transformations that occur during transitional times. Sharing the waking vision of White Spirit Animals that called her to write this book, and their message of CPR for the earth--conservation, preservation, and restoration--she explains how to use shamanic dreaming and trans-species telepathy to communicate with these great spiritual teachers. Exploring each one of the major White Spirit Animals--White Buffalo, White Lion, White Elephant, White Wolf, and White Spirit Bear--and the cultures in which they are honored, the author shows, for example, how the White Buffalo is called a harbinger of peace and abundance by many Native American tribes and the White Bear, the great earth healer, teaches us about nurturance and patience. As a bridge between the spiritual and physical worlds, between humans and animals, White Spirit Animals are calling us to open our hearts to the wild, to the sacredness of the wind, the water, the earth, and dream a new world into being to heal our own personal and collective wounds and restore the earth to balance.

The Spirit of Prophecy

The Spirit of Prophecy
Author: Ellen Gould Harmon White
Publisher:
Total Pages: 434
Release: 1878
Genre: Seventh-Day Adventists
ISBN:

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First Nations Version

First Nations Version
Author: Terry M. Wildman
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Total Pages: 507
Release: 2021-08-31
Genre: Bibles
ISBN: 0830824863

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The First Nations Version (FNV) recounts the Creator's Story—the Christian Scriptures—following the tradition of Native storytellers' oral cultures. While remaining faithful to the original language of the New Testament, the FNV is a dynamic equivalence translation that captures the simplicity, clarity, and beauty of Native storytellers in English.

The Spirit of Prophecy

The Spirit of Prophecy
Author: Ellen Gould Harmon White
Publisher:
Total Pages: 412
Release: 1877
Genre: Bible
ISBN:

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A Theology of the Spirit in the Former Prophets

A Theology of the Spirit in the Former Prophets
Author: Rick Wadholm Jr
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2018-11-02
Genre: Bible
ISBN: 9781935931720

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In this monograph, Rick Wadholm, Jr provides the most comprehensive study of the role of the Spirit in the Former Prophets to date. Beginning with a thematic survey of previous scholarship on this topic, the author then offers a Pentecostal reading strategy by which this portion of the biblical canon is assessed. Drawing on the reception history of the pneumatological texts found in the Former Prophets in early Pentecostal periodical literature, Wadholm traces their impact on these early readers and the implications of their interpretations for contemporary Pentecostal interpreters. This survey, then, is followed by a careful reading of the relevant Former Prophet passages, utilizing a literary and theological narrative approach that allows the voice of the text to be heard on its own terms. Building on the fresh insights produced by the foregoing analyses, Wadholm offers a constructive Pentecostal theology of the Spirit informed by the Latter Prophets in conversation with contemporary Pentecostal and other relevant pneumatological scholarship.