Pentecostalism and Indigenous Culture in Northern North America
Keywords:
Pentecostalism, Cree, Alberta, culture, Indigenous Peoples, Northern North AmericaAbstract
Pentecostalism is a major movement among North
American Indigenous people, yet, until recently, anthropolo
gists largely ignored it. Mainly since 2001, a small body of
literature, focusing largely on Northern North America, has
addressed this phenomenon, largely with the intent of either
showing that Pentecostal is irrevocably against the Indigenous
culture, or, conversely, embedded within it. I present and sum
marize primary field data from northern Alberta, while also
synthesizing theoretical and empirical contributions from other
scholars working on Pentecostalism in Indigenous communities.
I critique and problematize particularly the suggestion of Kirk
Dombrowski (2001) that Pentecostalism is largely "against" In
digenous culture.
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