| Prophetic Identities: Indigenous Missionaries on British Colonial Frontiers, 1850-75 Contributor(s): Bradford, Tolly (Author) |
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ISBN: 0774822805 ISBN-13: 9780774822800 Publisher: University of British Columbia Press OUR PRICE: $35.59 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Canada - Pre-confederation (to 1867) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies - Religion | Christian Ministry - Missions |
| Dewey: 266.023 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" (0.79 lbs) 236 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Canadian - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The presence of Indigenous people among the ranks of British missionaries in the nineteenth century complicates narratives of all-powerful missionaries and hapless Indigenous victims. What compelled these men 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 of Henry Budd, a Cree missionary from western Canada, and Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa missionary from southern Africa. He portrays these men not as victims of colonialism but rather as individuals who drew on faith, family, and their ties to Britain to construct a new sense of indigeneity in a globalizing world. |