Bibliograph

A violent evangelism, the political and religious conquest of the Americas, Luis N. Rivera

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A violent evangelism, the political and religious conquest of the Americas, Luis N. Rivera

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A violent evangelism

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Luis N. Rivera

Sub title

the political and religious conquest of the Americas

Table Of Contents

Discovery, conquest, and evangelization -- Discovery of the Americas: myth and reality -- Alexander's papal bulls -- National providentialism and Messianism -- The Christian empire: reflections on Las Casas and Vitoria -- Freedom and servitude in the conquest of the Americas -- Freedom and servitude: the enslavement of the natives -- Freedom and servitude: the encomienda -- Rational creatures or bruta animalia? -- The battle of the gods -- A holocaust of natives -- Black slavery -- A theological critique of the conquest -- The theological-juridical debate -- Evangelization and violence -- Prophecy and oppression -- The god of the conquerors

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