Mixed blessings : indigenous encounters with Christianity in Canada
Bibliographie
- Auteurs : Bradford Justin Tolly (1976-....) ; Horton Chelsea ;
- Editeurs : Vancouver Toronto UBC Press ;
- Date d'édition : Cop. 2016
- ISBN : 978-0-7748-2939-7
- Sujets : Indiens d'Amérique -- Missions -- Histoire -- Amérique du Nord -- Canada, Missions, Christianisme, Canada -- Church history, Canada, Kanada
- Langue(s) : Anglais
- Description matérielle : 1 vol. (VI-226 p.), : Ill., couv. ill. en coul., 24 cm
- Pays de publication : États-Unis
Notes
Egalement publié au format électronique. ; Notes bibliographiques en fin de chapitres. Index
Résumé
La quatrième de couverture indique: 'Ranging widely across time and place, these insightful case studies explore why some Indigenous people - including Louis Riel and Edward Ahenakew - historically aligned themselves with Christianity while others did not. It also plumbs the processes and politics involved in combining spiritual traditions and reflects on the role of Christianity in Indigenous communities today. While acknowledging the harm of colonialism, including the trauma inflicted by church-run residential schools, Mixed blessings challenges the portrayal of Indigenous people as passive victims of malevolent missionaries who experienced a uniformly dark history. Instead, the contributors discuss the diverse and multifaceted ways that Indigenous communities and individuals across Canada have interacted, and continue to interact, meaningfully with Christianity from the early 1600s to the present.'