Indian Shakers: A Messianic Cult of the Pacific Northwest
Indian Shakers: A Messianic Cult of the Pacific Northwest
by H. G. Barnett
Southern Illinois University Press, 1972 Cloth: 978-0-8093-0011-2 | Paper: 978-0-8093-0595-7 | eISBN: 978-0-8093-8572-0 Library of Congress Classification E78.N77B3 1972 Dewey Decimal Classification 299.7
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ABOUT THIS BOOK
A thorough anthropological study of a distinct religious cult of the Indian tribes of the Pacific Northwest. The book traces the Shaker cult’s development, its ceremonies, ritual elements, faiths, and doctrine.
REVIEWS
“A fascinating story . . . of a cult compounded of native religion and Christianity, to this day possessing churches throughout the Northwest.”—Nat Honig, Long Beach Independent-Press-Telegram
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“The work is superb from the thorough description of Shaker doctrine and ritual to the minute dissection of traits and the proper allotment of their historic source, insofar as this is possible.”—F. W. Voget, American Anthropologist
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“As a history and ethnography of the Shaker movement, I predict that Barnett’s book will stand as a classic for years to come.”—E. Z. Vogt, American Sociological Review