an analysis of Protestant missions and American Indian response, 1787--1862 Berkhofer, Robert F. creator text Electronic books. kyu Lexington The University Press of Kentucky [2015] 2015 monographic eng

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1 online resource (201 pages) 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. Cover; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgments; Contents; Introduction; I: The Grand Object; II: Nurseries of Morality; III: Temples in the Forest; IV: An Industrious Citizenry; V: Other Whites; VI: Jehovah's Stepchildren; VII: Christians versus Pagans; Epilogue. The Harvest Unreaped; Bibliographical Essay; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W. by Robert F. Berkhofer, Jr. Indians of North America Missions Missions United States History Protestant churches Missions History RELIGION Christianity History RELIGION / Christianity / History E98 .M6 B37 277.3 Berkhofer, Robert F. Jr. Lexington : The University Press of Kentucky, ©2015 9780813162102 0813162106 http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1915634 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938573 http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1915634 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=938573 EBLCP 150117 20200709060317.0 ocn900345021 eng