Book
Changing Navaho religious values: a study of Christian missions to the Rimrock Navahos
The Museum • 41 (2) • Published In 1954 • Pages: xiv, 152
By: Rapoport, Robert N..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
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.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- 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
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Navajo
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2004
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Southwest and Basin
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- M. A. Marcus ; 1985
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1948, 1950
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1882-1950
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Rimrock, New Mexico (i.e., Ramah, New Mexico), United States
- NotesAdditional notes
- Robert N. Rapport
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-152)
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- a 54006014
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Navajo Indians