Armand Tagoona and the Arctic Christian Fellowship : the first Inuit church in Canada
Armand Tagoona (1926–1991) was born in Naujaat (Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories) in 1926, from an Inuk mother and a German father. Born as a Roman Catholic, he converted to Anglicanism. In 1969, he founded a new independent religious group affiliated to the Anglican Church in Qamani’tuaq (Baker L...
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ftunivlavalcorp:oai:corpus.ulaval.ca:20.500.11794/66478 2024-06-23T07:49:26+00:00 Armand Tagoona and the Arctic Christian Fellowship : the first Inuit church in Canada Laugrand, Frédéric Laneuville, Pascale Arctique Nunavut -- Repulse Bay Nunavut -- Baker Lake 20e siècle 2020-09-23T17:53:05Z application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/66478 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0032247419000226 eng eng Cambridge University Press 0032-2474 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11794/66478 doi:10.1017/S0032247419000226 http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 Arctic Inuit Tagoona Christianity Inculturation Shamanism Religious movements Armand Arctic Christian Fellowship Inuits -- Religion Pluralisme religieux -- Christianisme article de recherche COAR1_1::Texte::Périodique::Revue::Contribution à un journal::Article::Article de recherche 2020 ftunivlavalcorp https://doi.org/20.500.11794/6647810.1017/S0032247419000226 2024-06-10T23:42:53Z Armand Tagoona (1926–1991) was born in Naujaat (Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories) in 1926, from an Inuk mother and a German father. Born as a Roman Catholic, he converted to Anglicanism. In 1969, he founded a new independent religious group affiliated to the Anglican Church in Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake, Northwest Territories): the Arctic Christian Fellowship (ACF). In this paper, we examine his life briefly as well as this very first “Inuit church” he created. We argue that Tagoona played the role of a mediator encompassing various religious traditions and various cultures at a time when solid boundaries separated all these institutions. In bridging them, Tagoona’s church turned to be very innovative and aimed at more religious autonomy, while being fundamentally guided by the words of God. Tagoona’s church carries conversionist, reformist and utopian aspects at the same time. Other/Unknown Material Arctic Arctique* Baker Lake inuit inuits Naujaat Northwest Territories Nunavut Repulse Bay Université Laval: CorpusUL Arctic Nunavut Northwest Territories Canada Repulse Bay ENVELOPE(69.383,69.383,-48.883,-48.883) Naujaat ENVELOPE(-86.244,-86.244,66.529,66.529) Polar Record 55 2 72 81 |
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Armand Tagoona (1926–1991) was born in Naujaat (Repulse Bay, Northwest Territories) in 1926, from an Inuk mother and a German father. Born as a Roman Catholic, he converted to Anglicanism. In 1969, he founded a new independent religious group affiliated to the Anglican Church in Qamani’tuaq (Baker Lake, Northwest Territories): the Arctic Christian Fellowship (ACF). In this paper, we examine his life briefly as well as this very first “Inuit church” he created. We argue that Tagoona played the role of a mediator encompassing various religious traditions and various cultures at a time when solid boundaries separated all these institutions. In bridging them, Tagoona’s church turned to be very innovative and aimed at more religious autonomy, while being fundamentally guided by the words of God. Tagoona’s church carries conversionist, reformist and utopian aspects at the same time. |
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Armand Tagoona and the Arctic Christian Fellowship : the first Inuit church in Canada |
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Armand Tagoona and the Arctic Christian Fellowship : the first Inuit church in Canada |
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Armand Tagoona and the Arctic Christian Fellowship : the first Inuit church in Canada |
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armand tagoona and the arctic christian fellowship : the first inuit church in canada |
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