The Eliot Tracts

With Letters from John Eliot to Thomas Thorowgood and Richard Baxter

Autori

• Michael Clark

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Pagine

464pagine

Tempo di lettura

17ore

• Esoterismo e religione

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Focusing on 17th-century missionary efforts, this collection features 11 documents detailing the work of British missionaries among Native Americans in New England. Authored by prominent figures such as John Eliot and Thomas Shepard, these tracts provide a comprehensive account of early English missionary activities and serve as valuable ethnographic resources on Southern New England's Indigenous peoples. Additionally, the volume includes two letters from Eliot discussing the theological implications of their work, linking it to significant millennialist debates of the era.

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Lingua: Inglese

Pubblicato: 2003

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