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Book Reviews © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden (2005) NUMEN, Vol. 52 Also available online – www.brill.nl BOOK REVIEWS P HILIP J ENKINS , Dream Catchers. How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality — New York: Oxford University Press 2004 (xii + 306 p.) ISBN 0195161157 US$ 28,00. This book is not about Native American spirituality. Philip Jenkins, who is Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsyl- vania State University, produced a book on the way the image of Native American spirituality changed dramatically in the last 150 years. He describes and analyzes the complex historical process in which Native American spirituality became part of mainstream American culture. His story begins in the Nineteenth century. Artists and anthropologists had just discovered that Native Americans possess some attractive cultural traits that could be called religious. These observers formed a minority, for most white Americans still abhorred the savage ways of Native Americans. A 180-degree shift has taken place. Nowadays, Native American spirituality is warmly en- dorsed in mainstream America. Jenkins makes clear how and why for mainstream Americans Native American spirituality evolved from ‘devil- worship’ into a highly regarded religious tradition. Popular images of Native American Indians went from revulsion to http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Numen Brill

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© 2005 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0029-5973
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1568-5276
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10.1163/156852705775220008
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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden (2005) NUMEN, Vol. 52 Also available online – www.brill.nl BOOK REVIEWS P HILIP J ENKINS , Dream Catchers. How Mainstream America Discovered Native Spirituality — New York: Oxford University Press 2004 (xii + 306 p.) ISBN 0195161157 US$ 28,00. This book is not about Native American spirituality. Philip Jenkins, who is Distinguished Professor of History and Religious Studies at Pennsyl- vania State University, produced a book on the way the image of Native American spirituality changed dramatically in the last 150 years. He describes and analyzes the complex historical process in which Native American spirituality became part of mainstream American culture. His story begins in the Nineteenth century. Artists and anthropologists had just discovered that Native Americans possess some attractive cultural traits that could be called religious. These observers formed a minority, for most white Americans still abhorred the savage ways of Native Americans. A 180-degree shift has taken place. Nowadays, Native American spirituality is warmly en- dorsed in mainstream America. Jenkins makes clear how and why for mainstream Americans Native American spirituality evolved from ‘devil- worship’ into a highly regarded religious tradition. Popular images of Native American Indians went from revulsion to

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