The Church of the Dead The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas |
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| Author:
| Hughes, Jennifer Scheper |
| Series title: | North American Religions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4798-0255-5 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2021 |
| Publisher: | New York University Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $75.00 |
Book Description:
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Tells the story of the founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of devastating disease, and of the Indigenous survivors who kept the nascent faith alive Many scholars have come to think of the European Christian mission to the Americas as an inevitable success. But in its early period it was very much on the brink of failure. In ......
Tells the story of the founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of devastating disease, and of the Indigenous survivors who kept the nascent faith alive Many scholars have come to think of the European Christian mission to the Americas as an inevitable success. But in its early period it was very much on the brink of failure. In ......