Title Prophetic identities : indigenous missionaries on British colonial frontiers, 1850-75 / Tolly Bradford

Published Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2012

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 217 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits Contents Introduction: Indigenous Missionaries, Identity, and the Colonial Frontier -- Part 1: Journeys to Ordination -- From "Orphan" to "Settler": The Making of the Reverend Henry Budd -- From Wars to a Prophet: The Making of the Reverend Tiyo Soga -- Part 2: Lives -- Alienated and Connected: Finding Positions -- "Placed in very special circumstances": Defining Themselves -- Advocate and Adviser: Spreading Their Word -- Part 3: Legacies -- Henry Budd's "Great Transformation": A Cree Village Community -- "The Destiny of the Kaffir Race": A Xhosa National Community -- Conclusion: Indigeneity and Empire Summary "The spread of Christianity is often presented as a story of conquest, of powerful European missionaries waging a cultural assault on hapless indigenous victims. Yet the presence of indigenous men among missionary ranks in the nineteenth century complicates these narratives. What compelled these individuals to embrace Christianity? How did they reconcile being both Christian and indigenous in an age of empire? Tolly Bradford finds answers to these questions in the lives and legacies of Henry Budd, a Cree missionary from western Canada, and Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa missionary from southern Africa. Inspired by both faith and family, these men found in Christianity a way to construct a modern conception of indigeneity, one informed by their ties to Britain and rooted in land and language, rather than religion and lifestyle. Although they shared a new sense of "nativeness," the men followed different paths. Whereas Budd sought to create a modern Cree village to cope with the upheavals of the 1860s and 1870s, Soga tried to foster among his people a politicized, and Christianized, sense of African nationalism In telling this story, Bradford portrays indigenous missionaries not as victims of colonialism but as people who made conscious, difficult choices about their spirituality, identity, and relationship with the British colonial world."--Pub. desc Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-208) and index Notes Text in English Subject Budd, Henry, approximately 1812-1875 Soga, Tiyo, 1829-1871. SUBJECT Soga, Tiyo, 1829-1871 fast Subject Christianity and culture -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century Cree Indians -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 19th century Missionaries -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century Xhosa (African people) -- Great Britain -- Colonies -- Ethnic identity -- History -- 19th century RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions. Great Britain Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book ISBN 0774822813 9780774822817

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