Set in the jungles of Amazonian Ecuador, God in the Rainforest tells the story of an iconic evangelical mission. Beginning in 1956 with the deaths of five young Americans at the hands of the Waorani people, the book explores the aftermath of this incident as well as the ongoing complexities of Waorani-missionary interaction.
Set in the jungles of Amazonian Ecuador, God in the Rainforest tells the story of an iconic evangelical mission. Beginning in 1956 with the deaths of five young Americans at the hands of the Waorani people, the book explores the aftermath of this incident as well as the ongoing complexities of Waorani-missionary interaction.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Kathryn T. Long is a former Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at Wheaton College. Her first book, The Revival of 1857-58: Interpreting an American Religious Awakening, was awarded the Brewer Prize for outstanding scholarship in church history by a first-time author from the American Society of Church History.
Inhaltsangabe
Acknowledgments Introduction I. A Missionary Legend Takes Shape, 1956-1959 Chapter 1 "Palm Beach" on the Curaray River Chapter 2 Impact on the Home Front II. Entry and a Reunion with Kin, 1956-1958 Chapter 3 Tensions and Competition Chapter 4 Dayumæ, Rachel, and Betty Chapter 5 An Invitation to Meet the Family III. Life in Tewæno, 1958-1966 Chapter 6 Peaceful Contact Chapter 7 A Parting of the Ways Chapter 8 The (Apparently) Idyllic Years IV. Pacification, 1967-1973 Chapter 9 Big Oil, Waorani Relocation, and Polio Chapter 10 Early Anti-Mission Sentiment V. Access, 1974-1982 Chapter 11 An Anthropologist Arrives Chapter 12 Breaking a Pattern of Dependence Chapter 13 Ethnocide: the SIL Response Chapter 14 Land, Literacy, and "Quichua-ization" Chapter 15 Catholics and the Waorani Chapter 16 Exit from Ecuador VI. Transitions, 1982-1994 Chapter 17 The New Testament in Wao tededo Chapter 18 The Aguarico Martyrs Chapter 19 David and Goliath Chapter 20 Saving the Rainforest Epilogue: The Twenty-first Century Maps Glossary Abbreviations Maps
Acknowledgments Introduction I. A Missionary Legend Takes Shape, 1956-1959 Chapter 1 "Palm Beach" on the Curaray River Chapter 2 Impact on the Home Front II. Entry and a Reunion with Kin, 1956-1958 Chapter 3 Tensions and Competition Chapter 4 Dayumæ, Rachel, and Betty Chapter 5 An Invitation to Meet the Family III. Life in Tewæno, 1958-1966 Chapter 6 Peaceful Contact Chapter 7 A Parting of the Ways Chapter 8 The (Apparently) Idyllic Years IV. Pacification, 1967-1973 Chapter 9 Big Oil, Waorani Relocation, and Polio Chapter 10 Early Anti-Mission Sentiment V. Access, 1974-1982 Chapter 11 An Anthropologist Arrives Chapter 12 Breaking a Pattern of Dependence Chapter 13 Ethnocide: the SIL Response Chapter 14 Land, Literacy, and "Quichua-ization" Chapter 15 Catholics and the Waorani Chapter 16 Exit from Ecuador VI. Transitions, 1982-1994 Chapter 17 The New Testament in Wao tededo Chapter 18 The Aguarico Martyrs Chapter 19 David and Goliath Chapter 20 Saving the Rainforest Epilogue: The Twenty-first Century Maps Glossary Abbreviations Maps
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