George Weekes: Rogue Missionary to New England Indians, 1731-1755

During the mid-1700s, an uneducated layman named George Weekes began preaching to Native Americans in the town of Harwich, Massachusetts. Weekes' missionary activity triggered a passionate response from Nathaniel Stone, the local minister, and inaugurated a debate regarding ministerial qualific...

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Publié dans:Journal of religious history
Auteur principal: Eden, Jason (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Wiley-Blackwell [2016]
Dans: Journal of religious history
Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés:B Weekes, George 1689-1772 / Neuengland / Amérindiens / Mission / Missionaire / Théologien / Formation
RelBib Classification:KBQ Amérique du Nord
RJ Mission
Sujets non-standardisés:B Puritan
B Missionary
B New England
B Native American
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Résumé:During the mid-1700s, an uneducated layman named George Weekes began preaching to Native Americans in the town of Harwich, Massachusetts. Weekes' missionary activity triggered a passionate response from Nathaniel Stone, the local minister, and inaugurated a debate regarding ministerial qualifications within the community. Scholars who study English missionary activity in colonial New England tend to focus upon the careers of trained clergy, such as John Eliot or Josiah Cotton. Other individuals, who possessed questionable moral character and little education, also preached to New England Indians, however. In this instance, the career of George Weekes, a rogue missionary, reveals that contact with Native Americans could shape ecclesiastical life in colonial Massachusetts. It also suggests that Native Americans encountered popular, as well as elite, English religious culture when they interacted with English missionaries in early New England.
ISSN:1467-9809
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of religious history
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/1467-9809.12304