Native Americans, Christianity, and the Reshaping of the American Religious Landscape

by Joel W. Martin and Mark A. Nicholas

Book Overview

In this interdisciplinary collection of essays, Joel W. Martin and Mark A. Nicholas gather emerging and leading voices in the study of Native American religion to reconsider the complex and often misunderstood history of Native peoples' engagement with Christianity and with Euro-American missionaries. Surveying mission encounters from contact through the mid-nineteenth century, the volume alters and enriches our understanding of both American Christianity...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807871451
• ISBN13: 9780807871454
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"