{"product_id":"nicholas-black-elk-medicine-man-catechist-saint-9780814644164","title":"Nicholas Black Elk: Medicine Man, Catechist, Saint","description":"\u003cp\u003eServant of God Nicholas Black Elk (1863--1950) is popularly celebrated for his fascinating spiritual life. How could one man, one deeply spiritual man, serve as both a traditional Oglala Lakota medicine man and a Roman Catholic catechist and mystic? How did these two spiritual and cultural identities enrich his prayer life? How did his commitment to God, understood through his Lakota and Catholic communities, shape his understanding of how to be in the world? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To fully understand the depth of Black Elk's life-long spiritual quest requires a deep appreciation of his life story. He witnessed devastation on the battlefields of Little Bighorn and the Massacre at Wounded Knee, but also extravagance while performing for Queen Victoria as a member of \"Buffalo Bill\" Cody's Wild West Show. Widowed by his first wife, he remarried and raised eight children. Black Elk's spiritual visions granted him wisdom and healing insight beginning in his childhood, but he grew progressively physically blind in his adult years. These stories, and countless more, offer insight into this extraordinary man whose cause for canonization is now underway at the Vatican.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSweeney, Jon M.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eJon M. Sweeney is an independent scholar and one of religion's most respected writers. His many books include \u003ci\u003eJames Martin, SJ: In the Company of Jesus\u003c\/i\u003e, in the \"People of God\" series; \u003ci\u003eThe Pope Who Quit\u003c\/i\u003e, which was optioned by HBO; and \u003ci\u003eThe Pope's Cat\u003c\/i\u003e, a popular fiction series for children. He edited \u003ci\u003eA Course in Christian Mysticism\u003c\/i\u003e by Thomas Merton, published by Liturgical Press. Sweeney writes regularly for \u003ci\u003eAmerica\u003c\/i\u003e in the US, and \u003ci\u003eThe Tablet\u003c\/i\u003e in the UK. He is the publisher at Paraclete Press in Massachusetts, and lives in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with his wife and daughters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50378003513618,"sku":"9780814644164","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_580df477-166b-448c-9ae5-081549c1f4fa.jpg?v=1728639103","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/nicholas-black-elk-medicine-man-catechist-saint-9780814644164","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}