For the Good of Their Souls: Performing Christianity in Eighteenth-Century Mohawk Country
(Part of the Native Americans of the Northeast Series)
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In 1712, the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts opened its mission near present-day Albany, New York, and began baptizing residents of the nearby Mohawk village Tiononderoge, the easternmost nation of the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy. Within three years, about one-fifth of the Mohawks in the area began attending services. They even adapted versions of the service for use in private spaces, which potentially opened a...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1625344953
ISBN13:9781625344953
Release Date:July 2020
Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
Length:288 Pages
Weight:1.01 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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