Main description: As Protestantism expanded across the Atlantic, most evangelists were not Anglo-Americans but were members of the groups that missionaries were trying to convert. Native Apostles reveals the way Native Americans, Africans, and black slaves redefined Christianity…
Offers one of the most significant untold stories in the history of early modern religious encounters, marshaling wide-ranging research to shed light on the crucial role of Native Americans, Africans, and black slaves in Protestant missionary work.
As Protestantism expanded across the Atlantic world in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, most evangelists were not white Anglo-Americans, as scholars have long assumed, but members of the same groups that missionaries were trying to convert. Native Apostles offers one of…