Prophetic Identities

Indigenous Missionaries on British Colonial Frontiers, 1850-75

Häftad, Engelska, 2013

Av Tolly Bradford

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2013-01-01
Mått152 x 229 x undefined mm
Vikt360 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor236
FörlagUniversity of British Columbia Press
ISBN9780774822800
UtmärkelserShort-listed for Aboriginal History Prize, Canadian Historical Association 2013 (Canada)

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PrefaceIntroduction: Indigenous Missionaries, Identity, and the Colonial FrontierPart 1: Journeys to Ordination1 From "Orphan" to "Settler": The Making of the Reverend Henry Budd2 From Wars to a Prophet: The Making of the Reverend Tiyo SogaPart 2: Lives3 Alienated and Connected: Finding Positions4 "Placed in very special circumstances": Defining Themselves5 Advocate and Adviser: Spreading Their WordPart 3: Legacies6 Henry Budd's "Great Transformation": A Cree Village Community7 "The Destiny of the Kaffir Race": A Xhosa National CommunityConclusion: Indigeneity and EmpireNotesBibliographyIndex

Tolly Bradford is among very few historians to compare the spread of British colonization and mission Christianity in nineteenth-century North America and Southern Africa. This thoroughly researched and well-written book examines what it meant to be indigenous and Christian at a time of violent and exploitive European colonial conquest and portrays indigenous missionaries Henry Budd of western Canada and Tiyo Soga of the Eastern Cape as active agents with minds of their own. - Timothy J. Stapleton, Professor of History, Trent University