Religion, Interpretation, & Colonial Animosity
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Religion, Interpretation, & Colonial Animosity
Note: Isaac Jogues died in 1646 when Mary Rowlandson was only 9 years old, furthermore, she was not held captive until 1676, 30 years after Jogues’ death. Therefore this dialogue is set in a fictional setting.
A French Jesuit Martyr, Isaac Jogues, and a Colonial Puritan Minister’s wife, Mary Rowlandson have come together on the eve of the 18th century in Massachusetts to reflect on their shared experience as captives of the indigenous American people, or as we know them, the Native American Indians. Both survivors have shared their experiences with the world through captive narratives, which on the surface, are very similar stories of Christian captives that overcome their adversity through their faith and the sovereignty of God: A True History of the Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson (1682) and The Jesuit Relations (1610) Yet, on a deeper level the Catholic Jesuit Priest and Protestant Puritan Minister’s wife could not be less similar, not only in relation to their accounts of their captivity experiences with the Indians, but simply in their beliefs of the world around them, their place in it, and the purpose they serve in it. Jogues, a Catholic missionary with an affinity towards the Indians, and a passion to teach Christianity to them, immersed his whole being into the cultural fabric of the different tribes he encountered (the Hurons and the Iroquois.) Rowlandson, however, believed that as a Puritan she was one of God’s chosen people and the Indians she encountered were simply an instrument God used as a means of punishment for the sins of the Puritan Colonists who had swayed from their Covent with God.
Isaac: Mary, It is a pleasure to meet you.
Mary: Likewise, I look forward to our discussion.
Isaac: As do I, we have shared a very similar life experience.
Mary: Yes, a divine experience that was a true test, and very unpleasant, to say the least.
Isaac: Yes, but as children of God this experience of...