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Points of Departure for the History of Missions in Hispanic America

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 December 2015

Richard Konetzke
Richard Konetzke*
Affiliation:
University of Cologne, West Germany
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Three main questions arise in studying the history of missions in Hispanic America.

  1. To what extent did the Christian religion transform the structure of life among the American Indians? (Their religious, political, social, and cultural life?)

  2. To what extent did the Christian religion influence the treatment of Negroes and the acculturation of the African element to the European and American-Indian environment?

  3. To what extent did the Christian religion determine the attitude of the Spanish conquistadors and settlers, and condition the life of the new colonial society that arose on the basis of the conquest and Spanish expansion in America?

Type
Research Article
Information
The Americas , Volume 14 , Issue 4 , January 1958 , pp. 517 - 523
Copyright
Copyright © Academy of American Franciscan History 1958

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