A Contest of Faiths
Author | : Susan Mitchell Yohn |
Publisher | : Cornell University Press |
Total Pages | : 284 |
Release | : 1995 |
ISBN-10 | : 0801482739 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780801482731 |
Rating | : 4/5 (731 Downloads) |
Download or read book A Contest of Faiths written by Susan Mitchell Yohn and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Susan M. Yohn here reconstructs the interactions between Presbyterian women missionaries in the southwest and the native Hispanic-Catholic people they set out to "Americanize" between 1867 and 1924. In the process, she reveals how many Protestant women reformers shared a series of experiences that contributed to a national dialogue about cultural pluralism.