John A. Grigg
- Published in print:
- 2009
- Published Online:
- September 2009
- ISBN:
- 9780195372373
- eISBN:
- 9780199870868
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195372373.003.0003
- Subject:
- Religion, History of Christianity
Although Brainerd had committed to working among the Indians in late 1742, he struggled for the next eighteen months with the consequences of this decision. This chapter describes Brainerd's work ...
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Although Brainerd had committed to working among the Indians in late 1742, he struggled for the next eighteen months with the consequences of this decision. This chapter describes Brainerd's work with the Indians at Kaunaumeek, New York, and at the Forks of the Delaware in Pennsylvania. It explores the reasons for Brainerd's decision to turn down regular pastorates in order to continue with mission work as well as the reasons for his continued uncertainty with his effectiveness as an Indian missionary.Less
Although Brainerd had committed to working among the Indians in late 1742, he struggled for the next eighteen months with the consequences of this decision. This chapter describes Brainerd's work with the Indians at Kaunaumeek, New York, and at the Forks of the Delaware in Pennsylvania. It explores the reasons for Brainerd's decision to turn down regular pastorates in order to continue with mission work as well as the reasons for his continued uncertainty with his effectiveness as an Indian missionary.
Rachel Wheeler
- Published in print:
- 2010
- Published Online:
- July 2014
- ISBN:
- 9780807834060
- eISBN:
- 9781469606316
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- University of North Carolina Press
- DOI:
- 10.5149/9780807899663_martin.14
- Subject:
- Society and Culture, Native American Studies
This chapter describes Reverend Levi Parsons's tour, which he undertook to raise money for his upcoming mission to the Jews in the Holy Land. Like many contemporary Christians, Parsons believed ...
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This chapter describes Reverend Levi Parsons's tour, which he undertook to raise money for his upcoming mission to the Jews in the Holy Land. Like many contemporary Christians, Parsons believed conversion of the Jews would hasten Christ's Second Coming. His stop in New Stockbridge, New York, proved especially weighty, for in his audience sat several dozen listeners who appeared to him as sons of Abraham—members of the Mahican Nation. Parsons preached with fervor from Romans 10:1. The topic would not have been altogether new to the Stockbridge Indians, for their regular minister, John Sergeant, had found occasion in the past to preach on the subject of the millennium and the special role of the Jews in the latter days. Parsons passed the hat after the sermon, collecting $5.87 to support his mission to the Jews. Hendrick Aupaumut, chief sachem of the Muhheakunnuk (Mahican) Nation, presented Parsons with two gold ornaments, several baskets, and a lantern with an inscription that read, “This to illumine the streets of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is my chief joy.”Less
This chapter describes Reverend Levi Parsons's tour, which he undertook to raise money for his upcoming mission to the Jews in the Holy Land. Like many contemporary Christians, Parsons believed conversion of the Jews would hasten Christ's Second Coming. His stop in New Stockbridge, New York, proved especially weighty, for in his audience sat several dozen listeners who appeared to him as sons of Abraham—members of the Mahican Nation. Parsons preached with fervor from Romans 10:1. The topic would not have been altogether new to the Stockbridge Indians, for their regular minister, John Sergeant, had found occasion in the past to preach on the subject of the millennium and the special role of the Jews in the latter days. Parsons passed the hat after the sermon, collecting $5.87 to support his mission to the Jews. Hendrick Aupaumut, chief sachem of the Muhheakunnuk (Mahican) Nation, presented Parsons with two gold ornaments, several baskets, and a lantern with an inscription that read, “This to illumine the streets of Jerusalem. Jerusalem is my chief joy.”
Emily Thomas
- Published in print:
- 2018
- Published Online:
- May 2018
- ISBN:
- 9780198807933
- eISBN:
- 9780191845727
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oso/9780198807933.003.0009
- Subject:
- Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Metaphysics/Epistemology
This chapter considers British reactions to absolutism between the 1690 publication of Locke’s Essay and the 1704 delivery of Clarke’s Boyle lectures. These reactions tended to focus on absolutism ...
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This chapter considers British reactions to absolutism between the 1690 publication of Locke’s Essay and the 1704 delivery of Clarke’s Boyle lectures. These reactions tended to focus on absolutism about space rather than time, and they were extremely mixed. Thinkers such as William King, Joseph Raphson, Richard Bentley, and John Keill adopt absolutism about time, duration, or space. Their absolutisms draw on various sources, including Gassendi, Henry More, and Newton. Of these absolutisms, the Newtonian strain would prove the most influential. In contrast to these early advocates, thinkers such as Richard Burthogge, John Sergeant, and John Toland reject absolutism, advancing a variety of metaphysical and theological worries.Less
This chapter considers British reactions to absolutism between the 1690 publication of Locke’s Essay and the 1704 delivery of Clarke’s Boyle lectures. These reactions tended to focus on absolutism about space rather than time, and they were extremely mixed. Thinkers such as William King, Joseph Raphson, Richard Bentley, and John Keill adopt absolutism about time, duration, or space. Their absolutisms draw on various sources, including Gassendi, Henry More, and Newton. Of these absolutisms, the Newtonian strain would prove the most influential. In contrast to these early advocates, thinkers such as Richard Burthogge, John Sergeant, and John Toland reject absolutism, advancing a variety of metaphysical and theological worries.
