Paperback / softback. New. In 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... ISBN 0664253679 9780664253677 [GB]

Louisville, KY Westminster John Knox Press 1992 Trade paperback New. C. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 376 p. Contains: Unspecified.

Westminster John Knox Press 1992-01-01 Paperback New Size: 96x15x144; New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Westminster John Knox Pr, Date: 1992. Paperback. New. 376 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. 1992. Westminster John Knox Pr ISBN 0664253679 9780664253677 [GB]

ISBN10: 0664253679, ISBN13: 9780664253677, [publisher: Westminster John Knox Pr] Softcover 376 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.25 inches. In Stock.
[Exeter, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1992]

ISBN10: 0664253679, ISBN13: 9780664253677, [publisher: Westminster John Knox Press] Softcover nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - 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.
[Einbeck, Germany] [Publication Year: 1992]
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