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Mad Jesus [electronic resource] : the final testament of a Huichol messiah from northwest Mexico / Timothy J. Knab.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Knab, T. J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Huichol Indians--Biography.
- Huichol Indians.
- Shamans--Mexico--Jalisco--Biography.
- Shamans.
- Huichol Indians--Religion.
- Shamanism--Mexico--Jalisco.
- Shamanism.
- Nativistic movements--Mexico--Jalisco.
- Nativistic movements.
- Mad Jesus.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, 2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This is the story of an anthropologist's encounter with a Huichol Indian known as ""Mad Jesus."" Jesús was an artisan, a shaman, a self-styled prophet, a mad messiah, and a murderous mystic.
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Mad Jesus : Santo Cristo
- pt. 2. The gospel of Mad Jesus
- pt. 3. Resurrecting Jesus.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 272-276) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-63524-0
- 0-8263-3206-4
- OCLC:
- 817818717
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