| #6737471 in Books | UBC Press | 2013-03-19 | 2013-01-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.90 x.80 x5.90l,.82 | File type: PDF | 236 pages | |||Offering a fresh perspective on aboriginal leadership and adaptation to Christianity, Prophetic Identities is particularly noteworthy in its comparative approach showing the origins of a form of indigenous identity in two very different communities. Thi
The spread of Christianity is often presented as a story of conquest, of powerful European missionaries waging a cultural assault on hapless indigenous victims. Yet the presence of indigenous men among missionary ranks in the nineteenth century complicates these narratives. What compelled these individuals to embrace Christianity? How did they reconcile being both Christian and indigenous in an age of empire?
Tolly Bradford finds answers to these questions in the ...
You easily download any file type for your gadget.Prophetic Identities: Indigenous Missionaries on British Colonial Frontiers, 1850-75 | Tolly Bradford. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
