Buch, Englisch, Band 48, 352 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Radical Hospitality in the Native Northeast
Buch, Englisch, Band 48, 352 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Religion, Culture, and Public Life
ISBN: 978-0-231-21032-4
Verlag: Columbia University Press
In this groundbreaking book, Ryan Carr argues that Occom’s writings were deeply rooted in Indigenous traditions of hospitality, diplomacy, and openness to strangers. From Occom’s point of view, evangelical Christianity was not a foreign culture; it was a new opportunity to practice his people’s ancestral customs. Carr demonstrates Occom’s originality as a religious thinker, showing how his commitment to Native sovereignty shaped his reading of the Bible. By emphasizing the Native sources of Occom’s evangelicalism, this book offers new ways to understand the relations of Northeast Native tradition to Christianity, colonialism, and Indigenous self-determination.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöses Leben und religiöse Praxis
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christentum/Christliche Theologie Allgemein
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Missionierung und Konvertierung
- Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur Amerikanische Literatur