Slavery and Protestant Missions in Imperial Brazil - The Black Does Not Enter the Church, He Peeks In From Outside

Informationen zum Autor José Carlos Barbosa earned his master's degree in history at the University of Brasília and his doctorate in American History at the University of Seville, Spain. He currently teaches history at the Centro Universitário Metodista, Izabela Hendrix, in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil. Fraser G. MacHaffie and Richard K. Danford, translators, are members of the faculty at Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio. Klappentext Slavery and Protestant Missions in Imperial Brazil is an enlightening look at the role Christianity played in the struggle to abolish slavery in Brazil. Author José Carlos Barbosa seeks to explain why Protestant missionaries stationed in Brazil during the nineteenth-century remained silent on the issue of abolition, even after the end of the American Civil War. Zusammenfassung Slavery and Protestant Missions in Imperial Brazil is an enlightening look at the role Christianity played in the struggle to abolish slavery in Brazil. Author Jose Carlos Barbosa seeks to explain why Protestant missionaries stationed in Brazil during the nineteenth-century re... Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Translators' Introduction Chapter 2 Preface Chapter 3 Introduction Chapter 4 Chapter I: "A closed garden which wild animals cannot enter": The Implantation of Protestantism in Brazil Chapter 5 Chapter II: "Contrary to what many think, Brazil is not an uncivilized and barbarous country": Missionary Strategy Chapter 6 Chapter III: "Slavery is like a thorn that penetrates the flesh and causes excruciating pain but which we do not want to pull out, for fear that the operation will further increase the pain": The Institutional Protestant Message and Slavery Chapter 7 Conclusion Chapter 8 Appendix: "The Christian Religion and its relation to Slavery"

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• Authors: Jose Carlos Barbosa, José Carlos Barbosa, Jose Carlos/ MacHaffie Barbosa
• Assisted by: Richard K. Danford (Translation), Danford Richard K. (Translation), Fraser G. MacHaffie (Translation), MacHaffie Fraser G. (Translation)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.10.2008
• EAN: 9780761843009
• ISBN: 978-0-7618-4300-9
• No. of pages: 168
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, RELIGION / General, HISTORY / Latin America / General, Religion & beliefs, History of the Americas, Protestantism & Protestant Churches