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Mixed Blessings: Indigenous Encounters with Christianity in Canada

By Tolly Bradford , Chelsea Horton

Book information

Publisher
UBC Press
Year
2016
ISBN
0774829397, 9780774829397
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2587897 bytes)
Pages
208\237
Time added
2017-07-02 21:01:15
Church History;Churches & Church Leadership;MissioPractices & Sacred Texts;Religiou

Description

Mixed Blessings transforms our understanding of the relationship between Indigenous people and Christianity in Canada from the early 1600s to the present day. While acknowledging the harm of colonialism, including the trauma inflicted by church-run residential schools, this interdisciplinary collection challenges the portrayal of Indigenous people as passive victims of malevolent missionaries who experienced a uniformly dark history. Instead, this book illuminates the diverse and multifaceted ways that Indigenous communities and individuals – including prominent leaders such as Louis Riel and Edward Ahenakew – have interacted, and continue to interact, meaningfully with Christianity.

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