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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453080903321

Titolo

The awakening coast : an anthology of Moravian writings from Mosquitia and eastern Nicaragua, 1849-1899 / / edited, translated, and annotated by Karl Offen and Terry Rugeley

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, Nebraska : , : Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8032-5458-X

0-8032-5449-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (785 p.)

Disciplina

266/.4672853

Soggetti

Moravian Church - Missions - Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) - History - 19th century

Moravian Church - Missions - Nicaragua - History - 19th century

Missionaries

Missionaries - Nicaragua

Moravians - Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras)

Moravians - Nicaragua

Electronic books.

Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) Church history 19th century

Nicaragua Church history 19th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Translator's Note; Introduction; 1. Extract of a Letter from H. G. Pfeiffer, 1849; 2. Extract from the Diary of Bluefields, 1854; 3. Establishing a Mission at Rama Key; 4. Report on a Journey North in 1859; 5. The Hurricane of October 1865; 6. A Visit to the Tungla Indians of Walpasiksa River, 1869; 7. Trade among the Miskito Indians, 1870's; 8. Mythology of the Miskito Indians; 9. Sorcery at Kukalaya, 1877; 10. Trading with the Sumu Indians, 1878; 11. Life in Tasbapauni (Bethany), 1870's

12. An Early Awakening at Karata, 1879 13. Bluefields Coup and



Kukalaya Awakening, 1881-1882; 14. The Awakening at Karata, 1883; 15. Visit to Nicaraguan Territory, 1883; 16. Kaisa! Travel to Nicaragua, 1886; 17. Proposing Timber over Gold, 1889; 18. Pictures Tell the Story, 1891; 19. Christian Law, 1891; 20. Visions of the Prophet Wima, 1891; 21. The Sambo and Tawira Miskito, 1892; 22. Political Disturbances at Sandy Bay, 1892; 23. The Indians of Dakura and the Wangki River, 1893-1894; 24. Nicaraguan Occupation of the Mosquito Reserve, 1894; 25. Commencing Work along the Wangki River, 1896

26. A New Mission at Sandy Bay, 1897 27. Sandy Bay and Wasla, 1898; 28. The Gospel in Miskito Territory, 1881-1882; 29. Changes in Dakura, 1890's; 30. The Sumu Indians of Prinzapolka River, 1899; 31. Quamwatla; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; About the Editors

Sommario/riassunto

The indigenous and Creole inhabitants (Mosquitians of African descent) of the Mosquito Reserve in present-day Nicaragua underwent a key transformation when two Moravian missionaries arrived in 1849. Within a few short generations, the new faith became so firmly established there that eastern Nicaragua to this day remains one of the world's strongest Moravian enclaves. The Awakening Coast offers the first comprehensive English-language selection of the writings of the multinational missionaries who established the Moravian faith among the indigenous and