Samson Occom: Radical Hospitality in the Native Northeast by Ryan Carr Paperback

Description: Samson Occom by Ryan Carr, Megan Fulopp, Amy Besaw Medford The Mohegan-Brothertown minister Samson Occom (1723–1792) was a prominent political and religious leader of the Indigenous peoples of present-day New York and New England. In this groundbreaking book, Ryan Carr argues that Occoms writings were deeply rooted in Indigenous traditions of hospitality, diplomacy, and openness to strangers. FORMAT Paperback CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The Mohegan-Brothertown minister Samson Occom (1723–1792) was a prominent political and religious leader of the Indigenous peoples of present-day New York and New England, among whom he is still revered today. An international celebrity in his day, Occom rose to fame as the first Native person to be ordained a minister in the New England colonies. In the 1770s, he helped found the nation of Brothertown, where Coastal Algonquian families seeking respite from colonialism built a new life on land given to them by the Oneida Nation. Occom was a highly productive author, probably the most prolific Native American writer prior to the late nineteenth century. Most of Occoms writings, however, have been overlooked, partly because many of them are about Christian themes that seem unrelated to Native life.In this groundbreaking book, Ryan Carr argues that Occoms writings were deeply rooted in Indigenous traditions of hospitality, diplomacy, and openness to strangers. From Occoms point of view, evangelical Christianity was not a foreign culture; it was a new opportunity to practice his peoples ancestral customs. Carr demonstrates Occoms originality as a religious thinker, showing how his commitment to Native sovereignty shaped his reading of the Bible. By emphasizing the Native sources of Occoms evangelicalism, this book offers new ways to understand the relations of Northeast Native tradition to Christianity, colonialism, and Indigenous self-determination. Author Biography Ryan Carr is a lecturer in English and comparative literature, American studies, and the Core Curriculum at Columbia University.Megan Fulopp and Amy Besaw Medford are members of the Brothertown Indian Nation. Fulopp is a researcher who manages Brothertown-related projects, including the web-based "Life of the Brothertown Indians," and Medford is a research affiliate with the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School. Table of Contents Foreword by Amy Medford and Megan FuloppAcknowledgmentsIntroduction, on the Occasion of Samson Occoms Three Hundredth BirthdayPart I1. "Asylum for Strangers": An Approach to Occoms Traditionalism2. Occom Obviously: Literary Studies and the Problem of Indigenous KnowledgePart II3. A Theology of Land and Peoplehood4. Piety and Placemaking: Styles of Strangerhood Among Occom and His KinPart III5. Seft at Last: Occoms 1768 Autobiography in Native Space6. "Time to Awake": Occom on Perception, Alienation, and "Pure Religion"Conclusion: "Good Enthusiasm"Appendix: Unpublished Letters by Susanna Wheatley and Samson OccomNotesBibliographyIndex Review Carr has merged sophisticated interpretation with accessible, graceful writing...Highly recommended. * Choice *I found this book intriguing and enlightening. ... We are smack in the last half of the 18th century, and our guide is not a white male colonist, but rather a native one, trying to save his civilization. I found this a thrilling chance to see this world through Occoms lens. * East Hampton Star *In Samson Occom, Ryan Carr makes the powerfully argued case for expanding our interpretive practices regarding Occom through consideration of his work on its own terms—ones that respect what we can know of Occoms purposes and perspectives. Through careful and broadly considered historical research, Carr creates an impressive network of connected histories through which to situate Occom as a thinker, writer, and leader. -- Robert Warrior, coauthor of American Indian Literary NationalismRyan Carr has produced a strikingly fresh account of Samson Occoms rendering of Christianity as a tool to maneuver the catastrophe of settler colonialism by centering Indigenous community. He subtly narrates how Occom used language to traverse vast distances in practicing radical hospitality and to elicit ancient notions of sacredness. -- Jean M. OBrien, coeditor of Allotment Stories: Indigenous Land Relations Under Settler SiegeIn this magnificent contribution to Native literary history and early American studies, Ryan Carr reconstructs Samson Occom in a way that keeps his complicated humanity, well, complicated, especially when considering Occom as a religious thinker and public intellectual. This book is original, erudite, edifying, and beautifully written. I recommend it highly. -- Scott Richard Lyons, author of X-Marks: Native Signatures of Assent Details ISBN0231210337 Author Amy Besaw Medford Publisher Columbia University Press Year 2023 ISBN-13 9780231210331 Format Paperback Imprint Columbia University Press Subtitle Radical Hospitality in the Native Northeast Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States AU Release Date 2023-11-14 NZ Release Date 2023-11-14 US Release Date 2023-11-14 ISBN-10 0231210337 Illustrations 9 b&w illustrations UK Release Date 2023-12-12 Series Religion, Culture, and Public Life Publication Date 2023-11-14 Series Number 48 Audience Professional & Vocational DEWEY B Pages 352 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:161833293;

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