Cosmology and Moral Community in the Lakota Sun Dance

ISBN-13: 9780367748807 / Miękka / 2023 / 144 str.

Fritz Detwiler

Opis

This book uses a close analysis of James R. Walker’s 1917 monograph on the Lakota Sun Dance to explore how the Sun Dance communal ritual complex—the most important Lakota ceremony--creates moral community, providing insights into the cosmology and worldview of Lakota tradition.

Spis treści

Introduction

1. The Lakota

2. Čhaŋgléška wakȟáŋ -- The Lakota World

3. Candidacy and individual and communal responsibilities, Part 1

4. Candidacy, Part 2, and the Journey to the Sun Dance site

5. The Preliminary Camp

6. The Ceremonial Camp, Days One and Two

7. The Ceremonial Camp, Days Three and Four

8. Concluding Thoughts

Appendix A: A Phonetic Guide

Appendix B: A Glossary of Lakota terms

O autorze

Fritz Detwiler is Professor of Philosophy, Religion, and Leadership at Adrian College, Adrian, Michigan, USA. His specialty is Native American ontologies. Fritz is a charter member of the Society for the Study of Native American Sacred Traditions and has functioned as its treasurer and meeting coordinator since the society’s inception.