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A re-examination of the Pocahontas story, probing self-serving myths to reveal a complex tale that sheds light on the interplay between mission and culture.
Most Americans know the story of Pocahontas, but not the fact that she was a Christian, and the reasons for her dramatic conversion. Pocahontas had a history-altering encounter with Jesus Christ. A key figure was Alexander Whitaker, pioneer Anglican missionary in Virginia, who taught Pocahontas the Christian faith - but is almost totally unknown today. This story of Pocahontas has never fully been told. Or it has been ridiculed. Yet it is true, as this book now documents. In these pages the real Pocahontas comes alive as a flesh-and-blood person with her own thoughts and decisions. This book shows the beauty, the romance, and the tragedy of Pocahontas's short life. It also traces the way the Pocahontas story has been used and misused over the past 400 years, opening the door to the larger issue of the suppression of native peoples in US history. The real story of Pocahontas presents a timely case study both in the history of missions and the history of America - an investigation of the interplay between gospel, culture, and national mythology.
Most Americans know the story of Pocahontas, but not the fact that she was a Christian, and the reasons for her dramatic conversion. Pocahontas had a history-altering encounter with Jesus Christ. A key figure was Alexander Whitaker, pioneer Anglican missionary in Virginia, who taught Pocahontas the Christian faith - but is almost totally unknown today. This story of Pocahontas has never fully been told. Or it has been ridiculed. Yet it is true, as this book now documents. In these pages the real Pocahontas comes alive as a flesh-and-blood person with her own thoughts and decisions. This book shows the beauty, the romance, and the tragedy of Pocahontas's short life. It also traces the way the Pocahontas story has been used and misused over the past 400 years, opening the door to the larger issue of the suppression of native peoples in US history. The real story of Pocahontas presents a timely case study both in the history of missions and the history of America - an investigation of the interplay between gospel, culture, and national mythology.
Price: $36.95
Pages: 284
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Inc.
Imprint: Lutterworth Press
Publication Date:
29 October 2015
Trim Size: 9.02 X 6.02 in
ISBN: 9780718894191
Format: Paperback
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, Biography: general
Foreword by Randy Woodley
Personal Note
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Introduction
Chapter One Little Princess Pocahontas?
Chapter Two Her Daddy's Empire
Chapter Three Enter Pocahontas
Chapter Four John Smith, Powhatan, Pocahontas
Chapter Five The Starving Time
Chapter Six Kidnapped: Pocahontas Betrayed
Chapter Seven True Love: Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Chapter Eight Pocahontas Meets Jesus
Chapter Nine John Rolfe, Tobacco Man
Chapter Ten London Celebrity
Chapter Eleven Last Days of Pocahontas
Chapter Twelve Twisting the Gospel
Chapter Thirteen Faces of Pocahontas: Justifying Myth
Chapter Fourteen Faces of Pocahontas: Virgin Mother
Chapter Fifteen Faces of Pocahontas: Disney Celebrity
Chapter Sixteen The Long, Bitter Trail
Chapter Seventeen Pocahontas in Heaven
Chapter Eighteen Pocahontas Speaks
Chapter Nineteen The Uses of Pocahontas and the Four Sins
Chapter Twenty Takeaways: What It All Means
Sources and Acknowledgements
Bibliography
General Index
Personal Note
Permissions
Introduction
Chapter One Little Princess Pocahontas?
Chapter Two Her Daddy's Empire
Chapter Three Enter Pocahontas
Chapter Four John Smith, Powhatan, Pocahontas
Chapter Five The Starving Time
Chapter Six Kidnapped: Pocahontas Betrayed
Chapter Seven True Love: Pocahontas and John Rolfe
Chapter Eight Pocahontas Meets Jesus
Chapter Nine John Rolfe, Tobacco Man
Chapter Ten London Celebrity
Chapter Eleven Last Days of Pocahontas
Chapter Twelve Twisting the Gospel
Chapter Thirteen Faces of Pocahontas: Justifying Myth
Chapter Fourteen Faces of Pocahontas: Virgin Mother
Chapter Fifteen Faces of Pocahontas: Disney Celebrity
Chapter Sixteen The Long, Bitter Trail
Chapter Seventeen Pocahontas in Heaven
Chapter Eighteen Pocahontas Speaks
Chapter Nineteen The Uses of Pocahontas and the Four Sins
Chapter Twenty Takeaways: What It All Means
Sources and Acknowledgements
Bibliography
General Index