
Walking to Magdalena
Personhood and Place in Tohono O'odham Songs, Sticks, and Stories
Seth Schermerhorn
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Imprint: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 04/2019
Pages: 264
Subject: Social Science
eBook ISBN: 9781496213891
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Seth Schermerhorn is an assistant professor of religious studies at Hamilton College.
REVIEWS
"In the tradition of Keith Basso's Wisdom Sits in Places, Seth Schermerhorn's Walking to Magdalena grounds the study of Native American religion, and in this case Tohono O'odham Catholicism, in a profoundly sophisticated sense of place and deliberate movement across ancestral landscapes. Theoretically informed and tangibly grounded in respectful relationships with Tohono O'odham elders, Walking to Magdalena is as humble a book as it is game-changing. We come to think differently about pilgrimage, the indigenization of Christianity, and what it might mean to become fully human."—Michael D. McNally, John M. and Elizabeth W. Musser Professor of Religion at Carleton College
"Walking to Magdalena makes important contributions to the field of indigenous religious studies. The work will also be of interest to those doing fieldwork with Native communities, regardless of the specific field of research. . . . The writing is some of the clearest academic writing I've read. The author has a unique gift for writing direct, simple sentences, yet within an insightful, engaging narrative."—David Delgado Shorter, professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at the University of California, Los Angeles
"Seth Schermerhorn's insightful work, Walking to Magdalena, is a wonderful piece of ethnographic research offering a poignant window on O'odham Catholic beliefs and practices. He was fortunate to become a friend and walking companion to the O'odham."—Ofelia Zepeda, author of Where Clouds are Formed
"Walking to Magdalena makes important contributions to the field of indigenous religious studies. The work will also be of interest to those doing fieldwork with Native communities, regardless of the specific field of research. . . . The writing is some of the clearest academic writing I've read. The author has a unique gift for writing direct, simple sentences, yet within an insightful, engaging narrative."—David Delgado Shorter, professor in the Department of World Arts and Cultures/Dance at the University of California, Los Angeles
"Seth Schermerhorn's insightful work, Walking to Magdalena, is a wonderful piece of ethnographic research offering a poignant window on O'odham Catholic beliefs and practices. He was fortunate to become a friend and walking companion to the O'odham."—Ofelia Zepeda, author of Where Clouds are Formed
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