Book

Changing Navaho religious values: a study of Christian missions to the Rimrock Navahos

The Museum41 (2) • Published In 1954 • Pages: xiv, 152

By: Rapoport, Robert N..

Abstract
The author of this source seeks to determine the factors which are responsible for the conversion of individual Navajo to one or another religious sect. This source treats principally the activities of the Mormons, who are settled among the Navajos at Rimrock, and a less conspicuous but also influential sect which he designates 'Galilean.' Through the analysis of survey-sample results and of life-history materials, his interpretation of Navajo conversion experience rests largely upon psychological rather than sociological foundations.
Subjects
Theoretical orientation in research and its results
Tests and schedules administered in the field
Organization and analysis of results of research
Life history materials
Sociocultural trends
Ingroup antagonisms
Polygamy
General character of religion
Cosmology
Mythology
Eschatology
Religious experience
Missions
culture
Navajo
HRAF PubDate
2004
Region
North America
Sub Region
Southwest and Basin
Document Type
Book
Evaluation
Creator Type
Ethnologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
M. A. Marcus ; 1985
Field Date
1948, 1950
Coverage Date
1882-1950
Coverage Place
Rimrock, New Mexico (i.e., Ramah, New Mexico), United States
Notes
Robert N. Rapport
Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152)
LCCN
a 54006014
LCSH
Navajo Indians