The Cherokees and Christianity, 1794-1870: Essays on Acculturation and Cultural Persistence - Brossura

McLoughlin, William G.

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ISBN 10: 0820331384 ISBN 13: 9780820331386

Casa editrice: Univ of Georgia Pr, 2008

Riassunto

In The Cherokees and Christianity, William G. McLoughlin examines how the process of religious acculturation worked within the Cherokee Nation during the nineteenth century. More concerned with Cherokee "Christianization" than Cherokee "civilization," these eleven essays cover the various stages of cultural confrontation with Christian imperialism.

The first section of the book explores the reactions of the Cherokee to the inevitable clash between Christian missionaries and their own religious leaders, as well as their many and varied responses to slavery. In part two, McLoughlin explores the crucial problem of racism that divided the southern part of North America into red, white and black long before 1776 and considers the ways in which the Cherokees either adapted Christianity to their own needs or rejected it as inimical to their identity.

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L'autore

William G. McLoughlin was Willard Prescott and Annie McClelland Smith Professor Emeritus of History and Religion, Professor Emeritus of History, and Chancellor's Fellow at Brown University. He was the author of several books on Cherokee history, including After the Trail of Tears: The Cherokee's Struggle for Sovereignty, 1839-1880. Walter H. Conser, Jr., is professor of religious studies at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. He is the author of God and the Natural World: Religion and Science in Antebellum America.

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Book by McLoughlin William G

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• Editore: Univ of Georgia Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0820331384
• ISBN 13: 9780820331386
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 347
• Redattore: Conser Walter H. Jr.