William B. Hart is professor of history at Middlebury College.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Mohawk Beliefs and the Needs of the Soul Chapter 1: ""Dwindl'd to Nothing Almost"": The Mohawks & Their World at 1700 Chapter 2: ""Ordering the Life and Manners of a Numerous People"": The Ideology and Performances of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Chapter 3: ""Laying a Good and Lasting Foundation of Religion"": Success and Failure at the Fort Hunter Mission, 1710-19 Chapter 4: Mohawk Schoolmasters and Catechists: Literacy, Authority, and Empowerment at Mid-Century Chapter 5: ""A Single Mission in the Old, Beaten Way Makes No Noise"": New Strategies for Capturing Mohawk Bodies and Souls, 1760-1775 Chapter 6: ""As Formerly Under Their Respective Chiefs"": The Mohawk Diaspora into Upper Canada, 1784-1810 Conclusion

"This book is thoroughly researched and thoughtfully argued. It makes a significant contribution as a case study in the development of indigenous Christianity, as a history of the Mohawk people during tumultuous times through the lens of their adoption of Christianity, and as an exploration of the multiple meanings of conversion."—Colin G. Calloway, author of The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation "Not only is ‘For the Good of Their Souls’ easily the best treatment of Mohawk Christianity, and the Mohawks in general, during the eighteenth century, but it advances our understanding of Indian Christianity considerably. Additionally, it is at once theoretically sophisticated, clearly written, and accessible."—David J. Silverman, author of Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America

William B. Hart is professor of history at Middlebury College.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Mohawk Beliefs and the Needs of the Soul Chapter 1: ""Dwindl'd to Nothing Almost"": The Mohawks & Their World at 1700 Chapter 2: ""Ordering the Life and Manners of a Numerous People"": The Ideology and Performances of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Chapter 3: ""Laying a Good and Lasting Foundation of Religion"": Success and Failure at the Fort Hunter Mission, 1710-19 Chapter 4: Mohawk Schoolmasters and Catechists: Literacy, Authority, and Empowerment at Mid-Century Chapter 5: ""A Single Mission in the Old, Beaten Way Makes No Noise"": New Strategies for Capturing Mohawk Bodies and Souls, 1760-1775 Chapter 6: ""As Formerly Under Their Respective Chiefs"": The Mohawk Diaspora into Upper Canada, 1784-1810 Conclusion

"This book is thoroughly researched and thoughtfully argued. It makes a significant contribution as a case study in the development of indigenous Christianity, as a history of the Mohawk people during tumultuous times through the lens of their adoption of Christianity, and as an exploration of the multiple meanings of conversion."—Colin G. Calloway, author of The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation "Not only is ‘For the Good of Their Souls’ easily the best treatment of Mohawk Christianity, and the Mohawks in general, during the eighteenth century, but it advances our understanding of Indian Christianity considerably. Additionally, it is at once theoretically sophisticated, clearly written, and accessible."—David J. Silverman, author of Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America

William B. Hart is professor of history at Middlebury College.

• Acknowledgments Introduction: Mohawk Beliefs and the Needs of the Soul Chapter 1: ""Dwindl'd to Nothing Almost"": The Mohawks & Their World at 1700 Chapter 2: ""Ordering the Life and Manners of a Numerous People"": The Ideology and Performances of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts Chapter 3: ""Laying a Good and Lasting Foundation of Religion"": Success and Failure at the Fort Hunter Mission, 1710-19 Chapter 4: Mohawk Schoolmasters and Catechists: Literacy, Authority, and Empowerment at Mid-Century Chapter 5: ""A Single Mission in the Old, Beaten Way Makes No Noise"": New Strategies for Capturing Mohawk Bodies and Souls, 1760-1775 Chapter 6: ""As Formerly Under Their Respective Chiefs"": The Mohawk Diaspora into Upper Canada, 1784-1810 Conclusion

"This book is thoroughly researched and thoughtfully argued. It makes a significant contribution as a case study in the development of indigenous Christianity, as a history of the Mohawk people during tumultuous times through the lens of their adoption of Christianity, and as an exploration of the multiple meanings of conversion."—Colin G. Calloway, author of The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation "Not only is ‘For the Good of Their Souls’ easily the best treatment of Mohawk Christianity, and the Mohawks in general, during the eighteenth century, but it advances our understanding of Indian Christianity considerably. Additionally, it is at once theoretically sophisticated, clearly written, and accessible."—David J. Silverman, author of Thundersticks: Firearms and the Violent Transformation of Native America