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Black Elk

holy man of the Oglala
1993

Spiritual empowerment in Afro-American literature

Frederick Douglass, Rebecca Jackson, Booker T. Washington, Richard Wright, Toni Morrison
1987
Examines selections of African-American literature that feature liberation motifs, including Frederick Douglass's autobiography, fiction novels by Rebecca Jackson and Booker T. Washington, Richard Wright's "Native Son," and Toni Morrison's "Song of Solomon.".

The reindeer people

living with animals and spirits in Siberia
2005
Traces the history of the Eveny people in northeast Siberia, focusing on how the culture's social relationships are formed through an intense partnership with reindeer as they migrate over the swamps, ice sheets, and mountain peaks that make up the world's coldest inhabited region.

Native American spirit beings

2015
An introduction to the spirit beings of Native American culture.

The good enough Catholic

a guide for the perplexed
1996

The spirit of native America

beauty and mysticism in American Indian art
1989

The fairy-faith in Celtic countries

the classic study of leprechauns, pixies, and other fairy spirits
2009
Presents a record through anecdotes, interviews, and legends of ancestral Celtic devotion about the reality of leprechauns, pixies, elves, fairies, and other nature spirits; and discusses how these beliefs became the standards of ancient Pagan magic.

Creation, spirituality & the dreamtime

1991
What has a world-famous theologian discovered in the Australian Aboriginal Dreamtime that strikes him as absolutely essential for our survival?.

Anam cara

a book of Celtic wisdom
1998
Discusses ancient Celtic wisdom, poetry, and blessings, covering such topics as work, aging, death, solitude, and friendship.

God and race in American politics

a short history
2008
Discusses the history of race and religion in American politics, and describes how both opponents and supporters of slavery drew equally from the Holy Bible to support their claims, the 1830 slave revolt led by Nat Turner, the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, and more.

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