Missionary Conquest: by George E. Tinker

Author: George E. Tinker

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The Gospel and Native American Cultural Genocide

George Tinker's fascinating probe into U.S. mission history pierces the romantic veil of most history writing and shows how four of the most noted Christian missionaries -- men of the highest moral character, the best of intentions, and sincere commitment to the gospel -- confused gospel values and European cultural values, often with lethal results.

About the Author
George E. Tinker, an Osage/Cherokee, is Associate Professor of Cross-Cultural Ministries at Iliff School of Theology, Denver, and Pastor of Living Waters Episcopal/Lutheran Indian Ministry in Denver.

Publisher: Fortress Press
Publication Date: Sep 1 1993
Format: paperback
9 in. x 6 in.
144 pages

This fascinating probe into U.S. mission history spotlights four cases: Junipero Serra, the Franciscan whose mission to California natives has made him a candidate for sainthood; John Eliot, the renowned Puritan missionary to Massachusetts Indians; Pierre-Jean De Smet, the Jesuit missioner to the Indians of the Midwest; and Henry Benjamin Whipple, who engineered the U.S. government's theft of the Black Hills from the Sioux.

Missionary Conquest: by George E. Tinker Author: George E. Tinker
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The Gospel and Native American Cultural Genocide: George Tinker's fascinating probe into U.S. mission history pierces the romantic veil of most history writing and shows how four of the most noted Christian missionaries -- men of the highest ...

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