Tears of repentance :
Rubin, Julius H.
Tears of repentance : Christian Indian identity and community in Colonial southern New England / Julius H. Rubin. - 1 online resource (xiii, 405 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-381) and index.
Praying towns and praying-to-God Indians -- The penitential sense of life -- The pattern of religious paternalism in eighteenth-century Christian Indian communities -- Samson Occom and evangelical Christian Indian identity -- The Stockbridge and New Jersey Brotherton tribes -- The Moravian missions to Shekomeko and Pachgatgoch -- Errand into the Borderlands -- Frontier rendezvous -- Appendix A: Religion and Red power -- Appendix B: A note on Indiantowns, Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Praying Towns and Praying-to-God Indians; 2. The Penitential Sense of Life; 3. The Pattern of Religious Paternalism in Eighteenth-Century Christian Indian Communities; 4. Samson Occom and Evangelical Christian Indian Identity; 5. The Stockbridge and New Jersey Brotherton Tribes; 6. The Moravian Missions to Shekomeko and Pachgatgoch; 7. Errand into the Borderlands; 8. Frontier Rendezvous; Conclusion; Appendix A: Religion and Red Power; Appendix B: A Note on Indiantowns; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Tears of Repentance revisits and reexamines the familiar stories of intercultural encounters between Protestant missionaries and Native peoples in southern New England from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth centuries. Focusing on Protestant missionaries' accounts of their ideals, purposes, and goals among the Native communities they served and of the religion as lived, experienced, and practiced among Christianized Indians, Julius H. Rubin offers a new way of understanding the motives and motivations of those who lived in New England's early Christianized Indian village communities.
9780803245679 080324567X 129955945X 9781299559455
487195 MIL 22573/ctt1ddq14r JSTOR
1600-1775
Indians of North America--Religion.--New England
Indians of North America--Missions--New England.
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.--New England
Christianity and other religions--New England.
Christianity and culture--History.--New England
Evangelistic work--History.--New England
Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Christianity and culture--History.--New England
Christianity and other religions--History.--New England
Evangelism--History.--New England
Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Indians of North America--Missions--New England.
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.--New England
Indians of North America--Religion.--New England
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Christianity.
Christianity and culture.
Evangelistic work.
Indians of North America--Colonial period.
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
Indians of North America--Missions.
Indians of North America--Religion.
Interfaith relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England.
Electronic books.
History.
E78 .N5 R84 2013 E78.N5 / R83 2013e
299.7 299.7974
Tears of repentance : Christian Indian identity and community in Colonial southern New England / Julius H. Rubin. - 1 online resource (xiii, 405 pages)
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-381) and index.
Praying towns and praying-to-God Indians -- The penitential sense of life -- The pattern of religious paternalism in eighteenth-century Christian Indian communities -- Samson Occom and evangelical Christian Indian identity -- The Stockbridge and New Jersey Brotherton tribes -- The Moravian missions to Shekomeko and Pachgatgoch -- Errand into the Borderlands -- Frontier rendezvous -- Appendix A: Religion and Red power -- Appendix B: A note on Indiantowns, Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Introduction; 1. Praying Towns and Praying-to-God Indians; 2. The Penitential Sense of Life; 3. The Pattern of Religious Paternalism in Eighteenth-Century Christian Indian Communities; 4. Samson Occom and Evangelical Christian Indian Identity; 5. The Stockbridge and New Jersey Brotherton Tribes; 6. The Moravian Missions to Shekomeko and Pachgatgoch; 7. Errand into the Borderlands; 8. Frontier Rendezvous; Conclusion; Appendix A: Religion and Red Power; Appendix B: A Note on Indiantowns; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
Tears of Repentance revisits and reexamines the familiar stories of intercultural encounters between Protestant missionaries and Native peoples in southern New England from the seventeenth to the early nineteenth centuries. Focusing on Protestant missionaries' accounts of their ideals, purposes, and goals among the Native communities they served and of the religion as lived, experienced, and practiced among Christianized Indians, Julius H. Rubin offers a new way of understanding the motives and motivations of those who lived in New England's early Christianized Indian village communities.
9780803245679 080324567X 129955945X 9781299559455
487195 MIL 22573/ctt1ddq14r JSTOR
1600-1775
Indians of North America--Religion.--New England
Indians of North America--Missions--New England.
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.--New England
Christianity and other religions--New England.
Christianity and culture--History.--New England
Evangelistic work--History.--New England
Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Christianity and culture--History.--New England
Christianity and other religions--History.--New England
Evangelism--History.--New England
Indians of North America--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
Indians of North America--Missions--New England.
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.--New England
Indians of North America--Religion.--New England
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT--Spirituality--Paganism & Neo-Paganism.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
Christianity.
Christianity and culture.
Evangelistic work.
Indians of North America--Colonial period.
Indians of North America--Ethnic identity.
Indians of North America--Missions.
Indians of North America--Religion.
Interfaith relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies
New England--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.
New England.
Electronic books.
History.
E78 .N5 R84 2013 E78.N5 / R83 2013e
299.7 299.7974
