Making War and Minting Christians: Masculinity, Religion, and Colonialism in Early New England

by R. Todd Romero

In this book, R. Todd Romero traces the interaction of notions of gender, the practice of religion, and the conduct of warfare in colonial America. He shows how Native and Anglo-American ideas of manhood developed in counterpoint, in the context of Christian evangelization, colonial expansion, and recurrent armed conflict.

For the English, the cultivation of manliness became an important aspect of missionary efforts. Conversion demanded that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558498885
• ISBN13: 9781558498884
• Release Date: April 2011
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher