Missionary Practices and Spanish Steel: The Evolution of Apostolic Mission in the Context of New Spain Conquests - Couverture souple

Toth, Andrew L.

 
9781475947434: Missionary Practices and Spanish Steel: The Evolution of Apostolic Mission in the Context of New Spain Conquests
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ISBN 10 : 1475947437 ISBN 13 : 9781475947434
Editeur : iUniverse, 2012

Synopsis

The work and ministries of the Roman Catholic friars who gave their lives, both as martyrs for the cause of their church and in years of hard and often thankless labor, are the inspiration and basis for Missionary Practices and Spanish Steel, a theological and practical narrative that seeks to remember and understand their accomplishments in Christian mission. Missionary and theologian Andrew L. Toth investigates the roots of Christian mission as it developed into the field of Christian missiology in the chaotic, terrible, and incredibly diverse three-hundred-year Spanish conquest of North America indigenous nations. Through his research Toth shows that, in the great majority of the cases studied, the friars accomplished their goals to transform these native cultures into their own Spanish culture to account them as Roman Catholic Christians. This study us more than just a history of the friars' missionary movement. Toth not only explores how Spanish Catholic missionaries approached their work, but also asks to what extent their approach conformed to a particular theological perspective. Toth rounds out his argument by speculating on what the friars can teach us about the role of missionaries today. Comprehensive and thought-provoking, Missionary Practices and Spanish Steel offers a new perspective on the current missionary movement by looking through the lens of the past.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

The work and ministries of the Roman Catholic friars who gave their lives, both as martyrs for the cause of their church and in years of hard and often thankless labor, are the inspiration and basis for Missionary Practices and Spanish Steel, a theological and practical narrative that seeks to remember and understand their accomplishments in Christian mission. Missionary and theologian Andrew L. Toth investigates the roots of Christian mission as it developed into the field of Christian missiology in the chaotic, terrible, and incredibly diverse three-hundred-year Spanish conquest of North America indigenous nations. Through his research Toth shows that, in the great majority of the cases studied, the friars accomplished their goals to transform these native cultures into their own Spanish culture to account them as Roman Catholic Christians. This study us more than just a history of the friars' missionary movement. Toth not only explores how Spanish Catholic missionaries approached their work, but also asks to what extent their approach conformed to a particular theological perspective. Toth rounds out his argument by speculating on what the friars can teach us about the role of missionaries today. Comprehensive and thought-provoking, Missionary Practices and Spanish Steel offers a new perspective on the current missionary movement by looking through the lens of the past.

Biographie de l'auteur

Andrew L. Toth earned a missiology degree from Fuller Seminary and a doctorate in theology from the Universidad de Las Naciones. He and his wife have spent thirty-eight years of working in Latin America in Christian missions. They currently live in New Braunfels, Texas, where Toth is the director of candidate training for World Indigenous Missions.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2012
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1475947437
ISBN 13 
9781475947434
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
356
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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