Missionary Conquest
Author | : George E. Tinker |
Publisher | : Fortress Press |
Total Pages | : 198 |
Release | : 1993-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 1451408404 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781451408409 |
Rating | : 4/5 (409 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Missionary Conquest by : George E. Tinker
Download or read book Missionary Conquest written by George E. Tinker and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 1993-01-01 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.