The heavens are changing : nineteenth-century Protestant missions and Tsimshian Christianity /

"In The Heavens Are Changing Susan Neylan offers a fresh perspective on Aboriginal encounters with Protestant missions, exploring how the Tsimshian in nineteenth-century British Columbia took an active and important role in shaping forms of Christianity and, in turn, were shaped by them. She ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Neylan, Susan, 1966-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
Series:McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 31.
Subjects:
1800-1899
Tsimshian Indians > Missions > History > 19th century.
Tsimshian Indians > Religion > 19th century.
Protestant churches > Missions > British Columbia > Pacific Coast > History > 19th century.
Églises protestantes > Missions > Colombie-Britannique > Pacifique, Côte du > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Tsimshian > Missions > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Tsimshian > Religion > 19e siècle.
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
HISTORY > Native American.
Protestant churches > Missions
Tsimshian Indians > Missions
Tsimshian Indians > Religion
Tsimshian (Indiens) > Missions > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Tsimshian (Indiens) > Religion > Histoire > 19e siècle.
British Columbia > Pacific Coast
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History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 1. The spiritual dimension of Tsimshian culture.
  • 2. 'Driftwood' on their shores and the mission to convert.
  • 3. Proselytizing from within: the native Christian and catechist.
  • 4. 'Until the gospel came and lifted her': perspectives on Christian native women and families.
  • 5. Native missionaries.
  • 6. The self-reflections of Arthur Wellington Clah.
  • 7. Prophets, revivals, and evangelists.
  • 8. The politics of everyday life.
  • 9. Christian houses and colonial spaces.

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