The Bad Side to The Good Story: Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Christian Conversion in the Mackenzie Delta 1906–1925
Between 1909 and 1913, the Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta (or Eskimos as they were then known) were all baptized and joined the Anglican Church. These conversions were both sudden and surprising given that evangelization had failed for decades. Why conversion happened and how it changed them—as percei...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2007
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| In: |
Religious studies and theology
Year: 2007, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 77-116 |
| Further subjects: | B
Kublualuk
B Mamayayauk B Shaman B C.E. Whittaker B I.O. Stringer B W. Fry B Nunatagmiut B Colville B Siksigaluk B Conversion B H.R. Marsh B Ovayoak B Vilhjalmur Stefansson B Inuit "Eskimo" B Ilavinirk B MacKenzie Delta B Syphilis B Pannigabluk B Mission (international law |
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| Summary: | Between 1909 and 1913, the Inuit of the Mackenzie Delta (or Eskimos as they were then known) were all baptized and joined the Anglican Church. These conversions were both sudden and surprising given that evangelization had failed for decades. Why conversion happened and how it changed them—as perceived at the time by ethnologist Vilhjalmur Stefansson and Anglican cleric Charles E. Whittaker—is what follows here, drawn primarily from diaries, and archival resources. |
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| ISSN: | 1747-5414 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religious studies and theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rsth.v26i1.77 |
