{"product_id":"prophetic-identities","title":"Prophetic Identities","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe spread of Christianity is often told as a story of conquest, of powerful European missionaries waging a cultural assault on hapless indigenous victims. Yet the presence of indigenous men among missionary ranks in the nineteenth century complicates these narratives. What compelled these individuals to embrace Christianity? How did they reconcile being both Christian and indigenous in an age of empire?\u003c\/p\u003eTolly Bradford finds answers to these questions in the lives and legacies of Henry Budd, a Cree missionary from western Canada, and Tiyo Soga, a Xhosa missionary from southern Africa. Inspired by both faith and family, these men found in Christianity a way to construct a modern conception of indigeneity, one informed by their ties to Britain and rooted in land and language, rather than religion and lifestyle. \u003cem\u003eProphetic Identities\u003c\/em\u003e portrays indigenous missionaries not as victims of colonialism but rather as people who made conscious, difficult choices about their spirituality, identity, and relationship with the British colonial world.","brand":"Tolly Bradford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53616326869372,"sku":"9780774822794","price":78.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780774822794_b22ccd98-7a8d-46a4-adbf-ffe1fd02d818.jpg?v=1727873415","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/prophetic-identities","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}