Title The betrayal of faith : the tragic journey of a colonial native convert / Emma Anderson

Published Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2007

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 303 pages) : illustrations Series Harvard historical studies ; 160 Harvard historical studies ; v. 160. Contents Prologue: Pierre-Anthoine Pastedechouan, voyager between worlds -- "Thy God has not come to our country" : Innu childhood -- "Do not take me back to those beasts who do not know God" : transformation in France -- "I have not a mind strong enough to remain firm" : religious ambivalence -- "God has let his thunderbolts fall" : apostasy and death in the Canadian woods -- Pastedechouan's legacy Summary Anderson uses one man's compelling story to explore the collision of Christianity with Native religion in colonial North America. Pastedechouan's story illuminates struggles to retain and impose religious identity on both sides of the 17th-century Atlantic, even as it has relevance to the contemporary encounter between native and nonnative peoples Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Print version record Subject Pastedechouan, Pierre-Anthoine, 1608- Pastedechouan, Pierre-Anthoine, 1608- Pastedechouan, Pierre-Anthoine. Franciscan Recollects -- Missions -- Saint Lawrence River Valley Franciscan Recollects Montagnais Indians -- Saint Lawrence River Valley -- Biography Montagnais Indians -- Missions -- Saint Lawrence River Valley Indian Catholics -- Saint Lawrence River Valley -- Biography Catholic converts -- Saint Lawrence River Valley -- Biography Religion and culture -- Saint Lawrence River Valley -- History Racism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Montagnais Indians -- Missions -- History Innu Indians -- Biography Indian Catholics -- Canada -- Biography Catholic converts -- Canada -- Biography HISTORY / United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775) Innu Indians Catholic converts Indian Catholics Missions Montagnais Indians Montagnais Indians -- Missions Racism -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Religion and culture Kerstening. Kolonialisme. Identiteit. Saint Lawrence River Valley -- History Saint Lawrence River Valley -- Religious life and customs Canada North America -- Saint Lawrence River Valley Noord-Amerika. Genre/Form Biographies History Form Electronic book LC no. 2007008169 ISBN 9780674296510 0674296516 9780674296497 0674296494

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