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Author	Linda S. Covey
Title of item	The Navajo Tradition
Subtitle of item	Transition to the Bahá'í Faith
Volume	ed. Mark B. Spencer
Pages	68-78
Parent publication	Images, imaginations, and beyond: proceedings of the 8th Native American Symposium, November 2009
Publisher of this ed.	Oklahoma State University
Date of this edition	2010
ISBN-10	9780976385257
Language	English
Permission	link
Posted	2015-03-17 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Published Articles
URL	bahai-library.com/covey_navajo_tradition
Abstract	Examines three reasons behind the conversion of some Navajo to Bahá'í in the early 1960s: fulfillment of prophecy, cultural empowerment and autonomy, and protection of traditional practices.
Notes	This document is online at se.edu/nas/publications.
Tags	Conversion; Cultural diversity; Indigenous people; Interfaith dialogue; Native Americans; Navajo (Dine); Prophecies
Cross-references	See also Diné Becoming Baha'i: Through the Lens of Ancient Prophecies.
Page views	3169 hits since 2015-03-17
OCLC	OCN 669661974. Read more at oclc.org.
Last edited	2016-02-08 11:20 EST. See previous versions [archive.org].

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