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 / / by Nancy Johnson Black.

"Significant contribution to Central American ecclesiastical history and ethnohistory. Heart of study focuses on missionary interaction with Lenca people of Tencoa district. Fills important gap in literature for the Lenca, colonial Honduras, and the Mercedarian order"--Handbook of Latin Am...

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Superior document:Studies in Christian mission, volume 14
VerfasserIn:
Black, Nancy Johnson,
Place / Publishing House:Leiden ;, New York : : E.J. Brill,, 1995.
Year of Publication:1995
Language:English
Series:Studies in Christian mission ; v. 14.
Physical Description:1 online resource (208 pages) :; maps.
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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.

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