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

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,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter HUP eBook Package Archive 1893-1999
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Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2022]
©1999
Year of Publication:2022
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (347 p.)
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Table of 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