Preface and Acknowledgments

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface and Acknowledgments ix
4. Roger (Rogier) Vandersteene, 1918-1976 xiii
5. Map xiv
6. Introduction 1
7. Flemish Matrix: Blood, Art and Piety 7
8. "Steentje's" Beginnings: Between Family and Flanders 20
9. Grouard before Vandersteene: Cree, Catholic, Canadian 38
10. "My Little Sisters, My Little Brothers": From Encounter to Wabasca 86
11. Intransigent Reality: Manitou's Land, Manitou's Children 126
12. The Great Mystery: Visible and Touchable in Art 172
13. Sojourn Charts: Poetry in Serenity and Flux 197
14. Wrestling the Spirits: Powagan, Beethoven, Cancer 221
15. Beyond the Dissonance: Legacy of a Quest 263
16. Theoretical Epilogue: Vandersteene and the Understanding of Religion 292
17. Chronology of Roger (Rogier) Vandersteene's Life 309
18. Evaluations of Vandersteene Collected during Research 311
19. Ode to Vandersteene 322
20. Names of Informants 324
21. Bibliography 326
22. Index 337