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I Will Fear No Evil
Susan Gray
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Paperback. Offers a perspective on missionary-aboriginal encounters between the Berens River Ojibwa & Christian missionaries between 1875 & 1940 moving beyond a simple chronicle of the introduction & adoption of Christian elements by the Ojibwa to recognise & highlight the complicated ebb & flow of ideas & beliefs between these two groups. Num Pages: 246 pages, maps, tables, diagrams. BIC Classification: 1KBCM; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HRCX7; JFSL9. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 382.
The history of Christian missions in Canada has traditionally been told only from the point of view of the missionaries, and not those they were attempting to convert. In I Will Fear No Evil, Susan Gray offers a new perspective on missionary-aboriginal encounters between the Berens River Ojibwa and Methodist and Catholic missionaries between 1875 and 1940. Supplementing her historical research with conversations and interviews with Berens River elders, Gray explores the ways in which Christian beliefs have become incorporated into the traditional Ojibwa worldview.
The history of Christian missions in Canada has traditionally been told only from the point of view of the missionaries, and not those they were attempting to convert. In I Will Fear No Evil, Susan Gray offers a new perspective on missionary-aboriginal encounters between the Berens River Ojibwa and Methodist and Catholic missionaries between 1875 and 1940. Supplementing her historical research with conversations and interviews with Berens River elders, Gray explores the ways in which Christian beliefs have become incorporated into the traditional Ojibwa worldview.
The Ojibwa were active participants in these missionary encounters. They accepted those missionaries who treated ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Calgary Press Canada
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Number of Pages
246
Place of Publication
Calgary, Canada
ISBN
9781552381984
SKU
V9781552381984
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About Susan Gray
Susan Elaine Gray is a Research Associate to the Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Peoples in an Urban and Regional Context at the University of Winnipeg.
Reviews for I Will Fear No Evil
The great strength of this book is that it presents post-contact Anishinabe philosophy
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action as a cultural product in its own rightnot as a hastily constructed bulwark against the deprivations of colonialism. Further, Gray casts off cliches about Native cultures, preferring to offer specific, meaningful assertions. Catherine Murton Stoehr, The Canadian Historical Review
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action as a cultural product in its own rightnot as a hastily constructed bulwark against the deprivations of colonialism. Further, Gray casts off cliches about Native cultures, preferring to offer specific, meaningful assertions. Catherine Murton Stoehr, The Canadian Historical Review