During the past several decades, there has been a growing interest in Native American culture and, in particular, there has been interest in their religious experience and spirituality. Why this is so is complex, but probably one of the key reasons is that there is a crisis of spirit in American religious life. Aside from the ever-popular hellfire and brimstone religions of the religious right, mainstream religions have lost their meaning to many Americans. As I have suggeste

Photo by Aniket Bhattacharya on Unsplash As a child growing up Roman Catholic, I remember hearing my Sunday school religious education teachers always telling us that Easter was the most important religious holiday. I could never figure out why – because Christmas was so much more fun particularly since it involved getting a lot of presents. To me, Easter seemed boring. As a child I could even grasp the religious importance of Jesus, as the savior, coming into the world – but