The subject of missions--formal efforts at religious conversion of native peoples of the Americas by colonizing powers--is one that renders the modern student a bit uncomfortable. Where the mission enterprise was actuated by true belief it strikes the modern sensibility as fanaticism; where it sprang from territorial or economic motives it seems the rankest sort of hypocrisy. That both elements--greed and real faith--were usually present at the same time is bewildering. In this book seven scholars attempt to create a "new" mission history that deals honestly with the actions and philosophic...
The subject of missions--formal efforts at religious conversion of native peoples of the Americas by colonizing powers--is one that renders the modern...
Brings together indigenous and non-indigenous scholars specializing in the Andes, Mesoamerica, and Canada. The overarching theme is the changing understanding of indigeneity from first contact to the contemporary period in three of the world's major regions of indigenous peoples.
Brings together indigenous and non-indigenous scholars specializing in the Andes, Mesoamerica, and Canada. The overarching theme is the changing under...
