Mixed blessings: indigenous encounters with Christianity in Canada

"Mixed Blessings transforms our understanding of the relationship between Indigenous people and Christianity in Canada from the early 1600s to the present day. While acknowledging the harm of colonialism, including the trauma inflicted by church-run residential schools, this interdisciplinary c...

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Weitere Verfasser: Bradford, Justin Tolly 1976- (HerausgeberIn), Horton, Chelsea (HerausgeberIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Vancouver ; Toronto UBC Press [2016]
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Zusammenfassung:"Mixed Blessings transforms our understanding of the relationship between Indigenous people and Christianity in Canada from the early 1600s to the present day. While acknowledging the harm of colonialism, including the trauma inflicted by church-run residential schools, this interdisciplinary collection challenges the portrayal of Indigenous people as passive victims of malevolent missionaries who experienced a uniformly dark history. Instead, this book illuminates the diverse and multifaceted ways that Indigenous communities and individuals...including prominent leaders such as Louis Riel and Edward Ahenakew...have interacted, and continue to interact, meaningfully with Christianity."...
Beschreibung:"This collection is the outgrowth of a workshop "Religious encounter and exchange in aborginal Canada", held at the University of Saskatchewan in May 2011." -- Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:vi, 226 Seiten Illustrationen 24 cm
ISBN:9780774829397
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