A Violent Evangelism
Download or Read eBook A Violent Evangelism PDF written by Luis N. Rivera and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Author | : Luis N. Rivera |
Publisher | : Westminster John Knox Press |
Total Pages | : 382 |
Release | : 1992-01-01 |
ISBN-10 | : 0664253679 |
ISBN-13 | : 9780664253677 |
Rating | : 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis A Violent Evangelism by : Luis N. Rivera
Book excerpt: In this thought-provoking book, 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 16-century political debates, contrasts "discovery" and conquest, and examines the tragic outcome: demographic collapse from the islands Columbus first sighted to the Inca empire in Peru.