Faith and boundaries : colonists, Christianity, and community among the Wampanoag Indians of Martha's Vineyard, 1600-1871 /

Faith and boundaries : colonists, Christianity, and community among the Wampanoag Indians of Martha's Vineyard, 1600-1871 / David J. Silverman.

"It was indeed possible for Indians and Europeans to live together peacefully in early America and for Indians to survive as distinct communities. Faith and Boundaries uses the story of Martha's Vineyard Wampanoags to examine how. On an island marked by centralized English authority, missi...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Silverman, David J., 1971-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Series:Cambridge studies in North American Indian history.
Subjects:
Wampanoag > Religion.
Wampanoag > Government relations.
Wampanoag > History.
Christianity and culture > Massachusetts > Martha's Vineyard.
Simmons University. > Library. > Gifts. Halko
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) > History.
Martha's Vineyard (Mass.) > Social life and customs.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface: Do good walls make good neighbors?
  • Introduction: Epenow's lessons
  • "Here comes the Englishman"
  • To become all things to all men
  • The Lord tests the righteous
  • Deposing the sachem to defend the sachemship
  • Leading values
  • The costs of debt
  • "Newcomers and strangers"
  • Conclusion: Fencing in, fencing out.

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