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Author : Allan Greer

Date : 2006-08-10

Page : 266

Rating : 3.5

Reviews : 9

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Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits Allan  ~ Greers book is a fascinating dual biography of Catherine Tekakwitha a 17th century Mohawk woman and Claude Chauchetiére the French Jesuit who knew her and became her hagiographer It functions as a microhistory using the encounter of Tekakwitha and Chauchetiére as a window into the processes of conversion and colonialism in New France
Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits by  ~ In his book Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits Allan Greer writes about the clash and merging of Native and French cultures in Canada during the seventeenth century The main character of Greer’s work is an Iroquois woman named Catherine Tekakwitha who has been revered since her death by many pious Catholics as a saint
Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits  Allan  ~ On October 21 2012 Pope Benedict XVI canonized Saint Kateri Tekakwitha as the first Native North American saint Mohawk Saint is a work of history that situates her remarkable life in its seventeenth century setting a time of wars epidemics and cultural transformations for the Indian peoples of the northeast
Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha And The Jesuits Summary  ~ Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits is a nonfiction biography published in 2004 by Canadian author and historian Allan Greer Born around 1656 to an Algonquin woman named Tagaskouita and a Mohawk chief named Kenneronkwa Tekakwitha was given a name that means “she who bumps into things”
Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits Kindle  ~ Greers book is a fascinating dual biography of Catherine Tekakwitha a 17th century Mohawk woman and Claude Chauchetiére the French Jesuit who knew her and became her hagiographer It functions as a microhistory using the encounter of Tekakwitha and Chauchetiére as a window into the processes of conversion and colonialism in New France
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Project MUSE  Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha and the  ~ Mohawk saint and Jesuit priest mutually sought to reconcile the flux and transformation of the external world through an inwardly directed spiritual journey Catherine Tekakwitha turned to extreme ascetic practices in an attempt to transcend the contradictory categories of Iroquois Algonquin Christian and feminine
Project MUSE  Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha and the  ~ Allan Greer is Professor of American Colonial History at the University of Toronto with several works to his credit Here he focuses upon the life of the seventeenthcentury Mohawk Christian convert Catherine Kateri Tekakwitha whom he claims to be the most fully documented Indian in New World colonial history
Mohawk Saint Catherine Tekakwitha And The Jesuits  ~ Mohawk Saint by Allan Greer Summary The daughter of a Algonquin mother and an Iroquois father CatherineKateri Tekakwitha 16561680 has become known over the centuries as a Catholic convert so holy that almost immediately upon her death she became the object of a cult