Abstract

Introduction: Common Bowels of Pity to the Miserable 1. Gold for Glass, Seeds to Fruit: Husbandry and Trade in Missionary Writings 2. I Have Received Your Christian and Very Loving Letter: Epistolarity and Transatlantic Community 3. Reservoir of National Charity: The Role of the Missionary Society 4. Indians, Deists, and the Anglican Quest for Compassion: The Sermons of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts 5. The Sacrifice of Self: Emotional Expenditure and Transatlantic Ties in Brainerd's and Sergeant's Biographies 6. Like Snow Against the Sun: The Christian Origins of the Vanishing Indian Conclusion Notes Index Acknowledgments

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