Christian Indian identity and community in Colonial southern New EnglandRubin, Julius H.creatortextbibliographyElectronic books.History.nbu2013monographiceng1 online resource (xiii, 405 pages)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.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.Julius H. Rubin.Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-381) and index.n-usn--Indians of North AmericaNew EnglandReligionIndians of North AmericaMissionsNew EnglandIndians of North AmericaNew EnglandEthnic identityChristianity and other religionsNew EnglandChristianity and cultureNew EnglandHistoryEvangelistic workNew EnglandHistoryIndians of North AmericaHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775New EnglandHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775Christianity and cultureNew EnglandHistoryChristianity and other religionsNew EnglandHistoryEvangelismNew EnglandHistoryIndians of North AmericaHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775Indians of North AmericaMissionsNew EnglandIndians of North AmericaNew EnglandEthnic identityIndians of North AmericaNew EnglandReligionNew EnglandHistoryColonial period, ca. 1600-1775BODY, MIND & SPIRITSpiritualityPaganism & Neo-PaganismRELIGIONComparative ReligionChristianityChristianity and cultureEvangelistic workIndians of North AmericaColonial periodIndians of North AmericaEthnic identityIndians of North AmericaMissionsIndians of North AmericaReligionInterfaith relationsNew EnglandSOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies 1600-1775 fast E78 .N5 R84 2013E78.N5 R83 2013e299.7 299.79749780803245679080324567X129955945X9781299559455487195 MIL22573/ctt1ddq14r JSTORhttp://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=577655http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=577655MHW13051620200709055820.0ocn843642831eng