{"product_id":"perishing-heathens-julius-h-rubin-9781496201874","title":"Perishing Heathens: Stories of Protestant Missionaries and Christian Indians in Antebellum America","description":"In \u003ci\u003ePerishing Heathens\u003c\/i\u003e Julius H. Rubin tells the stories of missionary men and women who between 1800 and 1830 responded to the call to save Native peoples through missions, especially the Osages in the Arkansas Territory, Cherokees in Tennessee and Georgia, and Ojibwe peoples in the Michigan Territory. Rubin also recounts the lives of Native converts, many of whom were from mixed-blood \u003ci\u003em騁is\u003c\/i\u003e families and were attracted to the benefits of education, literacy, and conversion. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e During the Second Great Awakening, Protestant denominations embraced a complex set of values, ideas, and institutions known as \"the missionary spirit.\" These missionaries fervently believed they would build the kingdom of God in America by converting Native Americans in the Trans-Appalachian and Trans-Mississippi West. \u003ci\u003ePerishing Heathens\u003c\/i\u003e explores the theology and institutions that characterized the missionary spirit and the early missions such as the Union Mission to the Osages, and the Brainerd Mission to the Cherokees, and the Moravian Springplace Mission to the Cherokees. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Through a magnificent array of primary sources, \u003ci\u003ePerishing Heathens\u003c\/i\u003e reconstructs the millennial ideals of fervent true believers as they confronted a host of impediments to success: endemic malaria and infectious illness, Native resistance to the gospel message, and intertribal warfare in the context of the removal of eastern tribes to the Indian frontier. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Julius H. Rubin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1496201876\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781496201874\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 276\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2018","brand":"Julius H. Rubin","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43985876746495,"sku":"9781496201874","price":50.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6dc3ba72-d50b-4e8e-9c30-6c81e7cefa0c.jpg?v=1683280067","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/perishing-heathens-julius-h-rubin-9781496201874","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}