The Transition from Shamanism to Russian Orthodoxy in AlaskaBerghahn Books, 1995 - 254 pagini Investigates why so many Alaskan natives adopted Russian Orthodoxy so quickly and easily during the late 18th and 19th centuries, and continue to adhere to it today. Mousalimas (anthropology and theology, Oxford U.) finds surprising parallels between the fundamental beliefs and practices of Alaskan |
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