Salvation and the Savage : An Analysis of Protestant Missions and American Indian Response, 1787--1862

The great, pre-Civil War attempt of Protestant missionaries to Christianize Native Americans is found by Robert F. Berkofer, Jr. to be a significant point of contact with enduring lessons for American thought. The irony displayed by this relationship, he says, did not really lie in the disparity bet...

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1. Verfasser:
Berkhofer, Robert F.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
[Lexington, Kentucky] : University of Kentucky Press, 1965.
Ausgabe:
1st ed.
Zusammenfassung:
The great, pre-Civil War attempt of Protestant missionaries to Christianize Native Americans is found by Robert F. Berkofer, Jr. to be a significant point of contact with enduring lessons for American thought. The irony displayed by this relationship, he says, did not really lie in the disparity between Anglo-Saxon ideals and the actual treatment of first peoples but in the failure of all, including the missions, to see that both sides had ultimately behaved according to their cultural values.Using the records of missions to sixteen tribes in various regions of the United States, Berkofer has
Umfang:
1 online resource (201 p.)
Anmerkungen:
Includes index.
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English
Bibliografie:
"Bibliographical essay": p. [161]-180.
ISBN:
9780813185828
0813185823
9780813162102
0813162106
Schlagworte:
Missions > United States > History.
Protestant churches > Missions > History.
Indians of North America > Missions.
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