Faith and Boundaries - Colonists, Christianity, Community Among Wampanoag Indians of Martha

Informationen zum Autor David J. Silverman is Associate Professor of History at the George Washington University. His several articles include 'Indians, Missionaries, and Religious Translation', which won the Lester J. Cappon award for best essay of 2005 in the William and Mary Quarterly. He completed this book as a Mellon Post-Dissertation Fellow at the American Antiquarian Society. Klappentext It was indeed possible for Indians and Europeans to live peacefully in early America and for Indians to survive as distinct communities. Faith and Boundaries uses the story of Martha's Vineyard Wampanoags to examine how. On an island marked by centralized English authority! missionary commitment! and an Indian majority! the Wampanoags' adaptation to English culture! especially Christianity! checked violence while safeguarding their land! community! and ironically! even customs. Yet the colonists' exploitation of Indian land and labor exposed the limits of Christian fellowship and thus hardened racial division. The Wampanoags learned about race through this rising bar of civilization - every time they met demands to reform! colonists moved the bar higher until it rested on biological difference. Under the right circumstances! like those on Martha's Vineyard! religion could bridge wide difference between the peoples of early America! but its transcendent power was limited by the divisiveness of race. Zusammenfassung Examines how the Wampanoag Indians' adoption of Christianity and other selective borrowing from English culture contributed to Indian/English coexistence and the long-term survival of Wampanoag communities on the island of Martha's Vineyard! even as the racial barrier between peoples grew more rigid. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Epenow's lessons; 1. 'Here comes the Englishman'; 2. To become all things to all men; 3. The Lord tests the righteous; 4. Deposing the Sachem to defend the Sachemship; 5. Leading values; 6. The costs of debt; 7. 'Newcomers and strangers'; Conclusion: fencing in, fencing out....

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• Authors: David J. Silverman
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 11.06.2007
• EAN: 9780521706957
• ISBN: 978-0-521-70695-7
• No. of pages: 328
• Series: Studies in North American Indi; Studies in North American Indian History; Studies in North American Indi
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Massachusetts, RELIGION / Spirituality, British Empire, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christianity, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, 17th century, c 1600 to c 1699, Social and cultural history, Colonialism and imperialism, History of the Americas, Spirituality and religious experience, Relating to Native American people, National liberation and independence, US Northeast, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Native American Studies, HISTORY / Indigenous / General