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.
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TextPublisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2014Description: 1 online resource ([viii], 430 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type: - text
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- 9780803254497
- 0803254490
- 1306579228
- 9781306579223
- Moravian Church -- Missions -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- History -- 19th century
- Moravian Church -- Missions -- Nicaragua -- History -- 19th century
- Moravian Church
- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Church history -- 19th century
- Nicaragua -- Church history -- 19th century
- Moravians -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Diaries
- Moravians -- Nicaragua -- Diaries
- Missionaries -- Mosquitia (Nicaragua and Honduras) -- Diaries
- Missionaries -- Nicaragua -- Diaries
- Mosquitos, Côte des (Honduras et Nicaragua) -- Histoire religieuse -- 19e siècle
- Frères moraves -- Mosquitos, Côte des (Honduras et Nicaragua) -- Journaux intimes
- Frères moraves -- Nicaragua -- Journaux intimes
- Missionnaires -- Mosquitos, Côte des (Honduras et Nicaragua) -- Journaux intimes
- Missionnaires -- Nicaragua -- Journaux intimes
- RELIGION -- Christian Ministry -- Missions
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- Native American Studies
- Missionaries
- Missions
- Moravians
- Central America -- Mosquitia
- Nicaragua
- 1800-1899
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- BV2843.N5 A93 2014eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Machine generated contents note: 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. Hurricane of October 1865 -- 6. Visit to the Tungla Indians of Walpasiksa River, 1869 -- 7. Trade among the Miskito Indians, 1870s -- 8. Mythology of the Miskito Indians -- 9. Sorcery at Kukalaya, 1877 -- 10. Trading with the Sumu Indians, 1878 -- 11. Life in Tasbapauni (Bethany), 1870s -- 12. Early Awakening at Karata, 1879 -- 13. Bluefields Coup and Kukalaya Awakening, 1881 -- 1882 -- 14. 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. Sambo and Tawira Miskito, 1892 -- 22. Political Disturbances at Sandy Bay, 1892 -- 23. 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. New Mission at Sandy Bay, 1897 -- 27. Sandy Bay and Wasla, 1898 -- 28. Gospel in Miskito Territory, 1881 -- 1882 -- 29. Changes in Dakura, 1890s -- 30. Sumu Indians of Prinzapolka River, 1899 -- 31. Quamwatla.
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.
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