{"product_id":"pacifist-prophet-papunhank-and-the-quest-for-peace-in-early-america-hardcover","title":"Pacifist Prophet: Papunhank and the Quest for Peace in Early America - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRichard W. Pointer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePacifist Prophet\u003c\/i\u003e recounts the untold history of peaceable Native Americans in the eighteenth century, as explored through the world of Papunhank (ca. 1705-75), a Munsee and Moravian prophet, preacher, reformer, and diplomat. Papunhank's life was dominated by a search for a peaceful homeland in Pennsylvania and the Ohio country amid the upheavals of the era between the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e His efforts paralleled other Indian quests for autonomy but with a crucial twist: he was a pacifist committed to using only nonviolent means. Such an approach countered the messages of other Native prophets and ran against the tide in an early American world increasingly wrecked with violence, racial hatred, and political turmoil. Nevertheless, Papunhank was not alone. He followed and contributed to a longer and wider indigenous peace tradition. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Richard W. Pointer shows how Papunhank pushed beyond the pragmatic pacifism of other Indians and developed from indigenous and Christian influences a principled pacifism that became the driving force of his life and leadership. Hundreds of Native people embraced his call to be \"a great Lover of Peace\" in their quests for home. Against formidable odds, Papunhank's prophetic message spoke boldly to Euro-American and Native centers of power and kept many Indians alive during a time when their very survival was constantly threatened. Papunhank's story sheds critical new light on the responses of some Munsees, Delawares, Mahicans, Nanticokes, and Conoys for whom the \"way of war\" was no way at all. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRichard W. Pointer \u003c\/b\u003eis a professor of history at Westmont College. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEncounters of the Spirit: Native Americans and European Colonial Religion\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eProtestant Pluralism and the New York Experience: A Study of Eighteenth-Century Religious Diversity\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 424\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.46 x 14.4 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51759955083552,"sku":"9781496222862","price":36.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/007332ec3701f7dfbc3533431a2d0230.webp?v=1780167056","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/pacifist-prophet-papunhank-and-the-quest-for-peace-in-early-america-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}