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In a time of both strong interest in and questioning of cross-cultural ministries, George Tinker provides a fascinating, disturbing probe into missionary history. Tinker, an Osage Cherokee, is associate professor of cross-cultural ministries at Iliff School of Theology. His book has emerged out of his graduate seminars on Indian mission history and uses extensive primary resources - especially documents related to denominational involvement in mission work or revealing the complexities of tribal differentiation, and material interweaving individual mission history with the general history o North American occupation.
Tinker's study clarifies Native American mission history by critically analyzing that history through four of its most significant figures: John Eliott, the Puritan missionary to Indian peoples in Massachusetts; Junipero Serra, founder of the California mission system; Pierre-Jean De Smet, the outspoken Jesuit exponent of the doctrine of manifest destiny who worked in the northern plains; and Henry Benjamin Whipple, Episcopal bishop of Minnesota during the latter half of the 19th century.
Tinker argues that Christian missionaries of all denominations were partners in genocide, although largely unintentionally Mission leaders were guilty of complicity in the destruction of Native American cultures and tribal social structures. Tinker exposes the illusion of righteousness internalized and acted out by the missionary impulse. It is painful to be brought up against the truth that Native Americans have not found liberation in the gospel; rather they have encountered only "continued bondage to a culture that is both alien and alienating."
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Tinker's study clarifies Native American mission history by critically analyzing that history through four of its most significant figures: John Eliott, the Puritan missionary to Indian peoples in Massachusetts; Junipero Serra, founder of the California mission system; Pierre-Jean De Smet, the outspoken Jesuit exponent of the doctrine of manifest destiny who worked in the northern plains; and Henry Benjamin Whipple, Episcopal bishop of Minnesota during the latter half of the 19th century.
Tinker argues that Christian missionaries of all denominations were partners in genocide, although largely unintentionally Mission leaders were guilty of complicity in the destruction of Native American cultures and tribal social structures. Tinker exposes the illusion of righteousness internalized and acted out by the missionary impulse. It is painful to be brought up against the truth that Native Americans have not found liberation in the gospel; rather they have encountered only "continued bondage to a culture that is both alien and alienating."
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