Canadian Census Figures on Aboriginal Spiritual Preferences: A Revitalization Movement?

This article compares and contrasts several data sources that enumerate the religious or spiritual preferences of Canadian First Nations peoples, exposing trends and discussing inconsistencies between the findings of the Canadian Census and three other contemporaneous data sources. It then examines...

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Main Author: Fondato, Marcello 1924-2008 (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox Publ. 2011
In: Religious studies and theology
Year: 2011, Volume: 30, Issue: 2, Pages: 171-187
Further subjects:B Law
B land regimes
B Colonialism
B Religious Freedom
B Aboriginal spirituality
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Summary:This article compares and contrasts several data sources that enumerate the religious or spiritual preferences of Canadian First Nations peoples, exposing trends and discussing inconsistencies between the findings of the Canadian Census and three other contemporaneous data sources. It then examines the growing degree of penetration that Aboriginal spiritualities have in such communities, its relationship to community well-being and asks whether it is empirically possible to claim that, indeed, we are witnessing a revitalization movement of Aboriginal cultures and spiritualities.
ISSN:1747-5414
Contains:Enthalten in: Religious studies and theology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1558/rsth.v30i2.171