Author : Howard A. Snyder
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1498202896
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (982 download)
Book Synopsis Jesus and Pocahontas by : Howard A. Snyder
Download or read book Jesus and Pocahontas written by Howard A. Snyder and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 four hundred years, opening the door to the larger issue of the suppression of native peoples in U.S. 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.