Gospel, Mission, and National Myth
Paperback
Publication Date: 29/10/2015
Most Americans know the story of Pocahontas, but not the fact that she was a Christian, and the reasons for her dramatic conversion. Pocahontas had a history-altering encounter with Jesus Christ. A key figure was Alexander Whitaker, pioneer Anglicanmissionary in Virginia, who taught Pocahontas the Christian faith - but is almost totally unknown today. This story of Pocahontas has never fully been told. Or it has been ridiculed. Yet it is true, as this book now documents. In these pages the real Pocahontas comes alive as a flesh-and-blood person with her own thoughts and decisions. This book shows the beauty, the romance, and the tragedy of Pocahontas's short life. It also traces the way the Pocahontas story has been used and misused over the past 400 years, opening the door to the larger issue of the suppression of native peoples in US history. The real story of Pocahontas presents a timely case study both in the history of missions and the history of America - an investigation of the interplay between gospel, culture, and national mythology.
- ISBN:
- 9780718894191
- 9780718894191
- Category:
- Christian mission & evangelism
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
- 29-10-2015
- Language:
- English
- Publisher:
- Lutterworth Press, The
- Country of origin:
- United Kingdom
- Dimensions (mm):
- 153x153x229mm
- Weight:
- 0.41kg
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