{"product_id":"pipe-bible-and-peyote-among-the-oglala-lakota-9780815605577","title":"Pipe, Bible, and Peyote among the Oglala Lakota","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Paul B. Steinmetz worked among the Oglala Lakota in South Dakota, he prayed with the Sacred Pipe, conversed with medicine men, and participated in their religious ceremonies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSteinmetz describes the history, belief systems, and contemporary ceremonies of three religious groups among the Oglala Lakota: traditional Lakota religion, the Native American Church, and the Body of Christ Independent Church, a small Pentecostal group. On the basis of these descriptions, Steinmetz discusses the interdynamics of Pipe, Bible, and Peyote, and offers a model for understanding Oglala religious identity. Steinmetz maintains that a sense of sacramentalism is essential in understanding Native American religions and that the mutual influence\u003cbr\u003ebetween Lakota religion and Christianity has been far more extensive than most scholars have suggested.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul B. Steinmetz, S. J.\u003c\/b\u003e, served as a priest among the Oglala Lakota on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota from 1961 to 1981. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Sacred Pipe: An Archetypal Theology.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Syracuse University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328835981586,"sku":"9780815605577","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_7e0bdaf4-d8b1-4b9d-b782-88ffcc653580.jpg?v=1727752804","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/pipe-bible-and-peyote-among-the-oglala-lakota-9780815605577","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}