John Eliot's mission to the Indians before King Philip's War / Richard W. Cogley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cogley, Richard W., 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eliot, John, 1604-1690.

Eliot, John.

Indians of North America--Missions--Massachusetts.

Indians of North America.

Missions--Massachusetts--History--17th century.

Missions.

Missionaries--Massachusetts--Biography.

Missionaries.

Puritans--Massachusetts--Biography.

Puritans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (346 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

No previous work on John Eliot's mission to the Indians has told such a comprehensive and engaging story. Richard Cogley takes a dual approach: he delves deeply into Eliot's theological writings and describes the historical development of Eliot's missionary work. By relating the two, he presents fresh perspectives that challenge widely accepted assessments of the Puritan mission. Cogley incorporates Eliot's eschatology into the history of the mission, takes into account the biographies of the proselytes (the "praying Indians") and the individual histories of the Christian Indian settlements (the "praying towns"), and corrects misperceptions about the mission's role in English expansion. He also addresses other interpretive problems in Eliot's mission, such as why the Puritans postponed their evangelizing mission until 1646, why Indians accepted or rejected the mission, and whether the mission played a role in causing King Philip's War. This book makes signal contributions to New England history, Native American history, and religious studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Preface

Contents

1 The Context of the Mission

2 The Submission of the Sachems and the Birth of the Mission

3 The Early Development of the Mission

4 The Mission and the Millennium

5 The Natick Mission

6 The Remaining Praying Towns

7 Missionary Work outside Massachusetts Bay

8 The Supervision of the Mission

Conclusion: The Apostle and the Indians

Appendixes

Abbreviations

Principal Printed Sources

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-321) and index.

ISBN:

9780674029637

0674029631

OCLC:

648489591