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Creating Christian Indians: Native Clergy in the Presbyterian Church
Bonnie Sue Lewis
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| #3801312 in Books | University of Oklahoma Press | 2003-05-19 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 8.50 x.90 x5.50l,1.07 | File type: PDF | 304 pages | ||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Standing on their own feet|By Thomas Cox|This study shows how Nez Perce converts to Christianity had to stand on their own and provide leadership to their churches after missionary Henry Spalding departed in the 1850s. To the chagrin of some traditionalists in the Presbyterian church, these churches and their leaders often departed from what they considered "proper" theology a||"With its focus on Native agency rather than missionary dominance and its use of denominational records, Lewis's book is a very readable and useful contribution."|About the Author|
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Histories of missions to American Indian communities usually tell a sad and predictable story about the destructive impact of missionary work on Native culture and religion. Many historians conclude that American Indian tribes who have maintained a cultural identity have done so only because missionaries were unable to destroy it. In Creating Christian Indians, Bonnie Sue Lewis relates how the Nez Perce and the Dakota Indians became Presbyterians yet incorporated...
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