Mohawk Saint : Catherine Tekakwitha and the Jesuits /

"The daughter of an Algonquin mother and an Iroquois father, Catherine/Kateri Tekakwitha (1656-1680) 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. Today she is revered as a patron saint by Native Ameri...

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Main Author: Greer, Allan
Format: Book
Language:English
Created: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Subjects:
Tekakwitha, Kateri, > Saint, > 1656-1680.
Chauchetière, Claude, > 1645-1709.
Jesuits > Missions > New York (State) > History.
Mohawk women > Biography.
Mohawk Indians > Religion.
Christian saints > New York (State) > Biography.
Christian saints.
Missions.
Mohawk women.
Biography.
History.
Biographie (Descripteur de forme)
Online Access:Book review (H-Net)
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Table of Contents:
  • Beautiful death
  • Gandaouagué : a Mohawk childhood
  • Poitiers : the making of a Jesuit mystic
  • Kahnawake : a Christian Iroquois community
  • Body and soul
  • Catherine and her sisters
  • Curing the afflicted
  • Virgins and cannibals
  • Epilogue : "our Catherine."

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