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John Eliot's Mission to the Indians before King Philip's War / Richard W. Cogley.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©1999Description: 1 online resource (347 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674029637
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 266.59092
LOC classification:
  • E78.M4 ǂb C64 1999eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 The Context of the Mission -- 2 The Submission of the Sachems and the Birth of the Mission -- 3 The Early Development of the Mission -- 4 The Mission and the Millennium -- 5 The Natick Mission -- 6 The Remaining Praying Towns -- 7 Missionary Work outside Massachusetts Bay -- 8 The Supervision of the Mission -- Conclusion: The Apostle and the Indians -- Appendixes -- Abbreviations -- Principal Printed Sources -- Notes -- Index
Summary: No previous work on John Eliot's mission to the Indians has told such a comprehensive and engaging story. Richard Cogley takes a dual approach: he delves deeply into Eliot's theological writings and describes the historical development of Eliot's missionary work. By relating the two, he presents fresh perspectives that challenge widely accepted assessments of the Puritan mission. Cogley incorporates Eliot's eschatology into the history of the mission, takes into account the biographies of the proselytes (the "praying Indians") and the individual histories of the Christian Indian settlements (the "praying towns"), and corrects misperceptions about the mission's role in English expansion. He also addresses other interpretive problems in Eliot's mission, such as why the Puritans postponed their evangelizing mission until 1646, why Indians accepted or rejected the mission, and whether the mission played a role in causing King Philip's War. This book makes signal contributions to New England history, Native American history, and religious studies.
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Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 The Context of the Mission -- 2 The Submission of the Sachems and the Birth of the Mission -- 3 The Early Development of the Mission -- 4 The Mission and the Millennium -- 5 The Natick Mission -- 6 The Remaining Praying Towns -- 7 Missionary Work outside Massachusetts Bay -- 8 The Supervision of the Mission -- Conclusion: The Apostle and the Indians -- Appendixes -- Abbreviations -- Principal Printed Sources -- Notes -- Index

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No previous work on John Eliot's mission to the Indians has told such a comprehensive and engaging story. Richard Cogley takes a dual approach: he delves deeply into Eliot's theological writings and describes the historical development of Eliot's missionary work. By relating the two, he presents fresh perspectives that challenge widely accepted assessments of the Puritan mission. Cogley incorporates Eliot's eschatology into the history of the mission, takes into account the biographies of the proselytes (the "praying Indians") and the individual histories of the Christian Indian settlements (the "praying towns"), and corrects misperceptions about the mission's role in English expansion. He also addresses other interpretive problems in Eliot's mission, such as why the Puritans postponed their evangelizing mission until 1646, why Indians accepted or rejected the mission, and whether the mission played a role in causing King Philip's War. This book makes signal contributions to New England history, Native American history, and religious studies.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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