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Christianity in Latin America : Revised and Expanded Edition.

Christianity in Latin America provides a complete overview of over 500 years of the history of Christianity in the 'New World'. The inclusion of German research in this book is an important asset to the Anglo-American research area, in disclosing information that was hitherto not available...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Prien, Hans-Jürgen
Otros Autores: Buckwalter, Stephen
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden : BRILL, 2012.
Colección:Religion in the Americas series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Christianity in Latin America; Copyright; Contents; Preface ; Abbreviations ; Glossary ; Map 1: The New World in the Sixteenth Century ; Map 2: Latin America in the first half of the Nineteenth Century ; 1. The Colonial Period: The Situation at the Beginning ; 1.1. The Iberian Conquista of America.
  • The European Background 1.2. America at the Time when Contact was Established ; 2. Spanish Overseas Expansion: Discoveries, Conquests, and Colonization; 2.1. The Context of the "Discoveries" ; 2.2. The Diplomatic Consolidation of the Spanish Rights to the New World.
  • 2.3. From the Church Patronage System to the American State-Church 2.4. Rome and Hispano-America: The Discovery of Self-Responsibility ; 2.5. "Discoveries," Conquests, Colonization; 2.5.1. Hispano-America ; 2.5.2. Brazil ; 2.6. Demographic Catastrophe, Immigration, Miscegenation.
  • 3. The Development of the Colonial and Missionary Church in Spanish America 3.1. The Emergence of State and Church Structures ; 3.2. The Development of the Mission Church ; 3.3. Mission Theory and Practice ; 3.3.1. Premises ; 3.3.2. Mission Strategies.
  • 3.3.3. Methods for Missionizing Subjugated Peoples 3.3.4. The Role of Laypeople in Mission and Church ; 4. Colonial Ehtics ; 4.1. Literature ; 4.2. The Debate Over the Legal Titles of the Conquista (Justos Títulos) ; 4.3. The Struggle Against Indian Slavery and Forced Labor.