Through Orthodox Eyes
Subtitle: Russian Missionary Narratives of Travels to the Dena'ina and Ahtna 1850s-1930s (Rasmuson Library Historical Translation Series, V. 13)
Publisher: University of Alaska Press
Published: January 1, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 346
ISBN-13: 9781889963501
Subjects: Christian Ministry - Missions; Native American; History / Native American; History; Religion - Church Life; Ahtena Indians; Alaska; Dena'ina Indians; Missions; Russkaia pravoslavnaia t; Russkaëiìa pravoslavnaëiìa ëtìserkov§; History: World
Description: Znamenski (history, Alabama State U.) translates missionary records on spreading Russian Orthodoxy among Athabaskan Indians in outgeneral Alaska, and provides biographical details on the Russians and ethnographic ones on the indigenous peoples. Period photos depict missionaries, churches, and natives. A glossary explains Russian Orthodox terms.