Title The heavens are changing : nineteenth-century Protestant missions and Tsimshian Christianity / Susan Neylan

Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 401 pages) : illustrations, maps Series McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 31 McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 31. Contents 1. The spiritual dimension of Tsimshian culture. -- 2. 'Driftwood' on their shores and the mission to convert. -- 3. Proselytizing from within: the native Christian and catechist. -- 4. 'Until the gospel came and lifted her': perspectives on Christian native women and families. -- 5. Native missionaries. -- 6. The self-reflections of Arthur Wellington Clah. -- 7. Prophets, revivals, and evangelists. -- 8. The politics of everyday life. -- 9. Christian houses and colonial spaces Summary "In The Heavens Are Changing Susan Neylan offers a fresh perspective on Aboriginal encounters with Protestant missions, exploring how the Tsimshian in nineteenth-century British Columbia took an active and important role in shaping forms of Christianity and, in turn, were shaped by them. She examines the nature of Protestant missions in their first generation on the north coast of British Columbia (1857-1901), focusing on the Aboriginal roles in Christianization. She pays special attention to the Euro-Canadian missionary perspective, the viewpoints of First Nations themselves, and particular events that illuminate the negotiation of Christian identities, such as forms of worship, naming practices, and mission housing." "While the Euro-Canadian record dominates historical missionary sources, Aboriginal writings illustrate both a genuine evangelicalism and an indigenized Christianity. Christian meanings were constantly challenged from both within and without the mission context through revivalism and group evangelism. Neylan interprets the relationship forged between Tsimshian and Euro-Canadian missionary as a dialogue, although not necessarily a mutually beneficial one. The process by which power was unequally distributed through missionization exposes the extent to which the social and cultural meanings to Tsimshian daily life were contested and negotiated in encounters with Christianity."--Jacket Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Print version record Subject Tsimshian Indians -- Missions -- History -- 19th century Tsimshian Indians -- Religion -- 19th century Protestant churches -- Missions -- British Columbia -- Pacific Coast -- History -- 19th century RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions. HISTORY -- Native American. Protestant churches -- Missions Tsimshian Indians -- Missions Tsimshian Indians -- Religion Églises protestantes -- Missions -- Colombie-Britannique -- Pacifique, Côte du -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. Tsimshian (Indiens) -- Missions -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. Tsimshian (Indiens) -- Religion -- Histoire -- 19e siècle. British Columbia -- Pacific Coast Genre/Form Electronic books History Form Electronic book LC no. 2004445611 ISBN 9780773569959 0773569952 1282860232 9781282860230 9786612860232 6612860235

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