Prophetic Identities: Indigenous Missionaries on British Colonial Frontiers, 1850-75

The presence of Indigenous people among the ranks of British missionaries in the nineteenth century complicates narratives of all-powerful missionaries and hapless Indigenous victims. What compelled these men to embrace Christianity? How did they reconcile being both Christian and Indigenous in an age of empire? Tolly Bradford finds answers to these questions in the lives of Henry Budd, a Cree missionary from western Canada, and Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa missionary from southern Africa. He portrays these men not as victims of colonialism but rather as individuals who drew on faith, family, and their ties to Britain to construct a new sense of indigeneity in a globalizing world.

Author: Tolly Bradford
Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
Published: 01/01/2013
Pages: 236
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.79lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9780774822800
ISBN10: 0774822805
BISAC Categories:
- History | Canada | Pre-Confederation (to 1867)
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | Native American Studies
- Religion | Christian Ministry | Missions

About the Author

Tolly Bradford is an assistant professor of history atConcordia University College of Alberta in Edmonton.