Description
Book SynopsisOffers new ways of examining how Native groups and individuals recast Protestant theology to restore their Native communities and cultures
Trade Review"Rubin offers an interdisciplinary perspective on Indians in Christian missions by successfully combining methodologies originating in the sociology of religion with those in ethnohistory."—S.A. Klein,
Choice"There is a great deal in
Tears of Repentance that should be of interest to anthropologists researching colonialism, religion, and personhood."—Jack David Eller,
Anthropology Review Database"Rubin brings a firm grasp of sociological and religious theory to the field of Native American history."
—Journal of American Studies"Tears of Repentance is recommended for all scholars of early New England."—Matthew Sparacio, H-AmIndian
"This is a work that offers someone new to the topic a useful overview of the history and meaning of Indian conversions. For the specialist reader, it is useful to see the whole knit together afresh and to reap the benefits of Rubin's careful and synthetic analysis of the extensive primary sources and secondary literatures."—Ann Marie Plane,
Connecticut History ReviewTable of ContentsList of Tables
Preface
Introduction
1. Praying Towns and Praying-to-God Indians
2. The Penitential Sense of Life
3. The Pattern of Religious Paternalism in Eighteenth-Century Christian Indian Communities
4. Samson Occom and Evangelical Christian Indian Identity
5. The Stockbridge and New Jersey Brotherton Tribes
6. The Moravian Missions to Shekomeko and Pachgatgoch
7. Errand into the Borderlands
8. Frontier Rendezvous
Conclusion
Appendix A: Religion and Red Power
Appendix B: A Note on Indiantowns
Notes
Bibliography
Index
