A Violent Evangelism: The Political and Religious Conquest of the AmericasIn this thought-provoking book, Luis Rivera argues that evangelical reasoning and symbolism were appropriated to justify the armed seizure of people and land in the New World and to validate the conversion, peaceful or forced, of the natives. He recaptures the sixteenth-century political debates--where priests and theologians are both voices of dissent against the Spanish military conquest and fervent defenders of it. Rivera contrasts "discovery" and conquest and examines the tragic outcome: demographic collapse--from the islands Columbus first sighted to the Inca empire in Peru. |
Contents
Reflections on Las Casas and Vitoria | 63 |
Freedom and Servitude in the Conquest of the Americas | 87 |
Black Slavery | 180 |
The TheologicalJuridical Debate | 199 |
Evangelization and Violence | 217 |
Prophecy and Oppression | 235 |
The God of the Conquerors | 258 |
Notes | 273 |
Resources | 321 |
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According Acosta affirmed Africans American natives Americas Antillean Apostolic Araucans authority baptism barbarians Bartolomé biblical bishop black slaves Caribs Carlos Casas Castilian Castilla Catholic Monarchs Christ Christian faith Christopher Columbus church colonists colonization Columbus conquerors conquest conversion Cortés criticism cultural debate decree defend discovery divine domination Domingo de Soto Dominican friar dominion empire encomenderos encomienda enslavement Española Estudios European evangelization Fabié Felipe Fernández Fernando force Franciscan Francisco Francisco de Vitoria Fray freedom gold gospel heretics Hernán Cortés Historia Höffner holy Catholic faith human Iberian ibid idolatry Indians Indies indigenous infidels inhabitants islands Juan juridical king Konetzke labor lands Las Casas 1986 legitimacy legitimate Lord Mendieta México missionary Motolinía nations natural Nueva España Pacheco papal Pedro Pereña Pérez de Tudela political pope preaching reason religion religious Requerimiento royal Sahagún servitude sixteenth century slavery sovereignty Spain Spaniards Spanish empire spiritual Sublimis Deus temporal theologians theological tion Urdanoz Varela Vitoria World
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