The frontier mission and social transformation in western Honduras : the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 1525-1773 /

The frontier mission and social transformation in western Honduras : the Order of Our Lady of Mercy, 1525-1773 /

The Frontier Mission and Social Transformation in Western Honduras deals with the interaction between Mercedarian missionaries and the indigenous Lenca Indian population of western Honduras during the early sixteenth to mid-eighteenth centuries. Using an anthropological perspective, it relies heavil...

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Main Author: Black, Nancy Johnson.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill, 1995.

Series: Studies in Christian Mission 14.
Studies in Christian Mission Online, ISBN: 9789004322295.

Subjects:

Mercedarians > Missions > Honduras.
Lenca Indians > Missions.
Missions > Honduras > History.

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Call Number: F1505.2.L4 B53 1995

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary material
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ANTHROPOLOGICAL STUDY OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONIZATION
  • INTRODUCTION OF CHRISTIANITY INTO THE NEW WORLD BY SPAIN
  • THE ORDER OF OUR LADY OF MERCY IN NORTHERN CENTRAL AMERICA
  • THE ORGANIZATION OF THE MISSION PROVINCE
  • THE OPERATION OF THE MERCEDARIAN PROVINCE
  • THE INDIGENOUS SOCIAL AND PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT
  • MERCEDARIAN EVANGELIZATION OF THE LENCA IN THE PARTIDO OF TENCOA
  • CONCLUSIONS
  • APPENDIX I: NECESSITIES FOR A MERCEDARIAN TRAVELING TO AMERICA IN 1606
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX.