Reviews for Iroquois: A History of the Six Nations of New York (1900)

The average rating for Iroquois: A History of the Six Nations of New York (1900) based on 2 reviews is 1.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2010-06-22 00:00:00 Max Eric A very loose interpretation of Old Catholic history and theology with few credible source citations. Instead of presuming that an Old Catholic Church exists in North America, more scholarship needs to occur around the question of whether a coherently stable Old Catholic Church indeed exists in North America, i.e. in the U.S. Too many independent Old/Catholic groups (comprised mostly of clergy and bishops with few, if non-existant lay members) sporadically exist in the U.S., and possess an altogether different theology and outlook from that of the European historical Old Catholic Churches of the Union of Utrecht. For further critique and comment, please reference my published book on "goodreads" concerning the above topic titled, "The Old Catholic Church: Understanding the Origin, Essence, and Theology of a Church that is Unknown and Misunderstood by Many in North America."

Review # 2 was written on 2014-08-21 00:00:00 Ned Walters EARTHLY REMAINS by Andrew T. Chamberlain provides a general overview of preserved human bodies throughout time and from all over the world. Preserved bodies discussed include bog bodies (eg Lindow Man), frozen bodies (eg the Franklin Expedition), Egyptian mummies, "sandmen," and more recent preserved bodies such as Evita and Lenin. The motivations for preserving bodies as well as the ethics of displaying human remains are discussed from an academic/archaeological perspective. The text is very readable; even if the reader is unaccustomed to combing through academic texts, there shouldn't be any trouble with this book. I certainly recommend it if you're looking for an overview of preserved human bodies/mummies. Once again, this book is an overview. It's great for those who need to know the generalities of various types of preserved bodies. If you're already well-read on this subject, you won't learn much that's new from this book.