Description: In Crow Jesus, Clatterbuck explores contemporary Native Christianity by listening as indigenous voices narrate their own stories on their own terms. His collection tells the larger story of a tribe that has adopted Christian beliefs and practices in such a way that simple, unqualified designations of religious belonging--whether "Christian" or "Sun Dancer" or "Peyotist"--are seldom, if ever, adequate.
Brief description: Mark Clatterbuck is Associate Professor of Religion at Montclair State University and the author of Demons, Saints, and Patriots: Catholic Visions of Native America. He lives with his family in the Susquehanna River Hills of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
Review Quotes: "Firmly grounded in the author's extensive fieldwork and informed by a deep understanding of Crow Agency's social, political, and spiritual contours, this absorbing discussion will decisively shift our understanding of contemporary Crow religious belief."--Clyde Ellis, coauthor of The Jesus Road: Kiowas, Christianity, and Indian Hymns