{"product_id":"god-in-the-rainforest-a-tale-of-martyrdom-and-redemption-in-amazonian-ecuador-9780190608989","title":"God in the Rainforest: A Tale of Martyrdom and Redemption in Amazonian Ecuador","description":"In January of 1956, five young evangelical missionaries were speared to death by a band of the Waorani people in the Ecuadorian Amazon. Two years later, two missionary women--the widow of one of the slain men and the sister of another--with the help of a Wao woman were able to establish\u003cbr\u003epeaceful relations with the same people who had killed their loved ones. The highly publicized deaths of the five men and the subsequent efforts to Christianize the Waorani quickly became the defining missionary narrative for American evangelicals during the second half of the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cem\u003eGod in the Rainforest\u003c\/em\u003e traces the formation of this story and shows how Protestant missionary work among the Waorani came to be one of the missions most celebrated by Evangelicals and most severely criticized by anthropologists and others who accused missionaries of destroying the indigenous culture.\u003cbr\u003eKathryn T. Long offers a study of the complexities of world Christianity at the ground level for indigenous peoples and for missionaries, anthropologists, environmentalists, and other outsiders. For the first time, Long brings together these competing actors and agendas to reveal one example of an\u003cbr\u003eindigenous people caught in the cross-hairs of globalization.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kathryn T. Long\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.50h x 6.20w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780190608989\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/22\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2018 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKathryn Long \u003c\/strong\u003eis a former Associate Professor and Chair of the History Department at Wheaton College. Her first book, \u003cem\u003eThe Revival of 1857-58: Interpreting an American Religious Awakening\u003c\/em\u003e, was awarded the Brewer Prize for outstanding scholarship in church history by a first-time author from the\u003cbr\u003eAmerican Society of Church History.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":39929205653619,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":40.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_059b4c8f-1b3f-487d-ac56-2cf8519544fc.jpg?v=1647611312","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/god-in-the-rainforest-a-tale-of-martyrdom-and-redemption-in-amazonian-ecuador-9780190608989","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}