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From Mask to Icon: Transformation in the Arctic

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In a marvelous combination of history and anthropology, together with his scholarly dedication to Greek patristics, S. A. Mousalimas, in his book, From Mask to Icon, emphasizes the transition to Russian Orthodoxy, as an indigenous movement among the native Alaskan people. The study concentrates particularly on the Aleut and Alutiiq nations, for whom decades of evidence from diverse sources is available consistently to substantiate the author's premise, that this religion became these people's own. The work indicates how the ingrafting took place. The book is a significant contribution not only to the history of these Alaskan nations but also to missiology in general.

Contents

Acknowledgments

p. ix

Preface

p. xi

Abbreviations

p. xvi

Method of Notation for Patristic Texts

p. xvi

INTRODUCTION

Substantiation of the Premise - Summary Chronology - Initial Definitions - Transliteration - Method of Study

p. 1

1. INITIAL CONTACTS, FIRST BAPTISMS

Aleutian Islands - Kodiak Area - Conclusions

p. 39

2. CORRESPONDENCE

Precedents within Patristics for a Theory of Correspondence: An Affirmative Outlook and Dual Complement - A Negative Outlook, in Contrast - Summary Contrast, and an Extension of the Affirmative Outlook - A Test Case for the Theory of Correspondence - Conclusions

p. 88

3. POINT OF COMPREHENSION

Panentheism, Defined - Panentheistic Participation: Cultural Dynamics in the Greek Orthodox Ecumene - Panentheistic Participation: A Concept in the Ecumenical Councils - Participation through Icons and Ritual Masks, a Comparison - Conclusions

p. 116

4. ECSTASY

Ecstasy, Defined - Patristic Criteria for a Discernment between Ecstatic Experiences - An Example of Discernment from the Field (Alaska) - Conclusions

p. 143

5. TRANSFORMATION, I

Intrinsic Meanings: 'Shaman' and 'Spirit' - An Ethnographic Perspective on Shamans-of-old in Southern Alaska - A Social Perspective: Two Examples of Transformation - Conclusions

p. 165

6. TRANSFORMATION, II

Summary Biography of a Holy Man - Sources and Vocabulary - Descriptions of the Attributes - A Line of Tradition - Conclusions

p. 189

CONCLUSIONS

'Christianization of the Religion of their Ancestors' - A Two-fold Question - A Question of Categories

p. 219

EPILOGUE

The Nikolski Tree - Let the Children Speak - An Old Man's Tale

p. 227

Bibliography

p. 239


 Product Description

Paperback:

272 Pages

Publisher:

Holy Cross Orthodox Press

ISBN:

978-1-885652-63-8

Product Dimensions:

9 x 6

Author:

S. A. Mousalimas

Publication Year:

2003
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