Native Americans, Christianity, and the Reshaping of the American Religious Landscape - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 0807834068 ISBN 13: 9780807834060

Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press, 2010

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[An] outstanding collection of twelve essays....[which] break new ground because they are the product of serious, insightful, and well-grounded scholarship.--Church History Martin and Nicholas' valuable essay collection . . . incorporates multiple disciplines, including history, religious studies, Native American studies, anthropology, and literary studies. . . . Each essay is well researched, eloquently written, and significant to the understanding of Native experiences in and with Christianity. An important contribution to a variety of disciplines, most importantly US Christianity, Native peoples and U.S. history. Highly recommended.--Choice An important, wide-ranging, and insightful collection of essays. Readers interested in cross-cultural exchange, and in the history of Christianity in early America will benefit from its ideas and findings." --Journal of Southern Religion These essays contribute valuably to a healthy scholarship on indigenous Christianities . . . . [and] capture a crucial insight.--Catholic Historical Review This remarkable collection of essays demonstrates that what is being said in Native American Studies is well worth hearing.--The Journal of the North Carolina Association of Historians

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In this interdisciplinary collection of essays, Joel W. Martin and Mark A. Nicholas gather emerging and leading voices in the study of Native American religion to reconsider the complex and often misunderstood history of Native peoples' engagement with Christianity and with Euro-American missionaries. Surveying mission encounters from contact through the mid-nineteenth century, the volume alters and enriches our understanding of both American Christianity and indigenous religion. The essays here explore a variety of postcontact identities, including indigenous Christians, "mission friendly" non-Christians, and ex-Christians, thereby exploring the shifting world of Native-white cultural and religious exchange. Rather than questioning the authenticity of Native Christian experiences, these scholars reveal how indigenous peoples negotiated change with regard to missions, missionaries, and Christianity. This collection challenges the pervasive stereotype of Native Americans as culturally static and ill-equipped to navigate the roiling currents associated with colonialism and missionization. The contributors are Emma Anderson, Joanna Brooks, Steven W. Hackel, Tracy Neal Leavelle, Daniel Mandell, Joel W. Martin, Michael D. McNally, Mark A. Nicholas, Michelene Pesantubbee, David J. Silverman, Laura M. Stevens, Rachel Wheeler, Douglas L. Winiarski, and Hilary E. Wyss.

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• Verlag: The University of North Carolina Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0807834068
• ISBN 13: 9780807834060
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 344
• Herausgeber: Nicholas Mark A.