Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-247) and index.
Contents
Gold for glass, seeds to fruit : husbandry and trade in missionary writings -- "I have received your Christian and very loving letter" : epistolarity and transatlantic community -- "The reservoir of national charity" : the role of the missionary society -- Indians, deists, and the Anglican quest for compassion : the sermons of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts -- Sacrifice of self : emotional expenditure and transatlantic ties in Brainerd's and Sergeant's biographies -- "Like snow against the sun" : the Christian origins of the vanishing Indian.
