A Praying People

Morrison, Dane: A Praying People

Massachusett Acculturation and the Failure of the Puritan Mission, 1600-1690. This study about the history of the «remnants» of the Massachusett and Wampanoag tribes documents their struggle to survive devastating epidemics and Puritan colonization. Morrison incorporates insights from anthropology and organization studies to show how the adoption of Puritan beliefs and practices by bands of «praying Indians» constituted a viable, if defensive, strategy of acculturation. The emergent institution of Praying Town became both the organization and the process through which these groups of Native Americans hoped to achieve cultural revitalization. Tragically, as the remnant peoples looked to Puritan ways for guidance in redefining their identiy, profound changes within colonial society were leading a new generation of colonists to subsume their own spiritual mission under more commercial concerns. In linking their destiny to weakening elements in Puritan culture, the Praying Indians were left unprotected when King Philip's War recast the framework of relations between colonists and Native Americans. XXXI,273 Seiten, broschiert (American Indian Studies; Vol. 2/Peter Lang Verlag 1998) Mängelexemplar/near mint

Bestell-Nr.: 14816
Gewicht: 427 g
Sprache: Englisch
Sachgebiete: Mission und Missionsgeschichte | Geschichte der Frühen Neuzeit | Geschichte der frühen Neuzeit
ISBN: 9780820441917
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