Calvinists & Indians in the Northeastern woodlands / Stephen T. Staggs.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Staggs, Stephen T., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Northeastern States--History--17th century.

Indians of North America.

Calvinists--Northeastern States--History--17th century.

Calvinists.

Reformation--Netherlands--Influence.

Reformation.

Indians of North America--Northeastern States--Government relations.

Dutch--New York (State)--History--17th century.

Dutch.

Dutch--New England--History--17th century.

New Netherland--History.

New Netherland.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Calvinists and Indians in the northeastern woodlands

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2023.

Summary:

In <i>Calvinists and Indians in the Northeastern Woodlands</i>, Stephen T. Staggs analyzes the impact of the Dutch Reformation upon the cross-cultural relations between those living in and around New Netherland. Staggs shows that Native Americans and New Netherlanders hunted, smoked, ate, and drank together, shared their faith while traveling in a canoe, and slept in each other's bedrooms. Such details emerge in documents written by New Netherlanders like Megapolensis. Author of the most accurate account of the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawks) by a Dutch Reformed minister, Megapolensis provides a window into the influence and limits of the Dutch Reformation upon the dynamic, multifaceted relationships that developed in the early modern Northeastern Woodlands.<br><br>Megapolensis came of age when Dutch Reformed theologians looked to the Bible to incorporate Indians into a Reformed worldview. In so doing, they characterized Indians as 'blind Gentiles' to whom the Dutch were being called, by God, to present the gospel through the preaching of the Bible and the Christian conduct of colonists, which necessitated social interaction. This characterization ultimately informed the instructions given to those heading to New Netherland, raised expectations among the clergy and lay chaplains who served in the colony, and prefigured the reciprocal, intimate relationships that developed between Indians and New Netherlanders during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

List of Figures

Notes on Usage

Introduction

1. "Gentiles by Nature," 1566-1626

2. "So That the Fullness of the Gentiles Might Gradually Come In," 1627-1642

3. "A Church and Community among the Christians and the Blind Gentiles," 1642-1652

4. "We, with God's Help, Hope to Bring the Barbarous Tribes to Devotion," 1652-1660

5. "Who Gave Jacob for a Spoil and Israel to the Robbers?" 1660-1664

6. "A Gentile Woman, Karanondo, ... Now Called Lidia," 1664-1750

Conclusion

Appendix A. Dutch References to Indians: 1609-1664

Appendix B. Indian Baptisms, Professions of Faith, and Marriages in the Dutch Reformed Churches of New York: 1690-1750

List of Archival Sources

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Oct 2023).

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-003-69202-8

1-04-079405-X

90-485-5552-3

9781003692027

OCLC:

1370122860