Prophetic Identities : Indigenous Missionaries on British Colonial Frontiers, 1850-75
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0774822805
ISBN-13
9780774822800
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Imprint
University of British Columbia Press
Country of Manufacture
CA
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 1st, 2013
Print length
236 Pages
Weight
360 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.50 cms
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The spread of Christianity is often told 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 lives and legacies of Henry Budd, a Cree missionary from western Canada, and Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa missionary from southern Africa. Inspired by both faith and family, these men found in Christianity a way to construct a modern conception of indigeneity, one informed by their ties to Britain and rooted in land and language, rather than religion and lifestyle. Prophetic Identities portrays indigenous missionaries not as victims of colonialism but rather as people who made conscious, difficult choices about their spirituality, identity, and relationship with the British colonial world.Get Prophetic Identities by at the best price and quality guaranteed only at Werezi Africa's largest book ecommerce store. The book was published by University of British Columbia Press and it has pages.
