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oapen-20.500.12657-555732022-06-01T03:41:54Z A escola do diabo Cruz, Carlos Henrique bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBG General & world history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HR Religion & beliefs::HRA Religion: general The book discusses the work of Italian Capuchins in the face of American otherness, especially in the catechism of Indians and mestizos accused of being devil’s wizards. The friars faced a crisis in missionary optimism in the face of an alleged indigenous resistance to Christianity or to European social rules. The Portuguese colonial sources reveal evangelization as a field of dispute between the friars, the natives and the colonists, motivating daily conflicts, also encouraging changes in the social and symbolic traditions inside or near the missions. The indigenous people were not passive subjects in the process, contradicting the missionaries for the determination with which, supposedly, they practiced their “gentile” customs and rites. The documentation gathered adds important information to the study of indigenous peoples in contact with Capuchins in the inner territories of Portuguese America. 2022-05-31T10:33:57Z 2022-05-31T10:33:57Z 2019 book ONIX_20220531_9788855180214_857 2612-8071 9788855180214 9788855180207 9788855186797 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/55573 por Premio Istituto Sangalli per la storia religiosa application/pdf Attribution 4.0 International 9788855180214.pdf https://books.fupress.com/isbn/9788855180214 Firenze University Press 10.36253/978-88-5518-021-4 The book discusses the work of Italian Capuchins in the face of American otherness, especially in the catechism of Indians and mestizos accused of being devil’s wizards. The friars faced a crisis in missionary optimism in the face of an alleged indigenous resistance to Christianity or to European social rules. The Portuguese colonial sources reveal evangelization as a field of dispute between the friars, the natives and the colonists, motivating daily conflicts, also encouraging changes in the social and symbolic traditions inside or near the missions. The indigenous people were not passive subjects in the process, contradicting the missionaries for the determination with which, supposedly, they practiced their “gentile” customs and rites. The documentation gathered adds important information to the study of indigenous peoples in contact with Capuchins in the inner territories of Portuguese America. 10.36253/978-88-5518-021-4 bf65d21a-78e5-4ba2-983a-dbfa90962870 9788855180214 9788855180207 9788855186797 7 266 Florence open access
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The book discusses the work of Italian Capuchins in the face of American otherness, especially in the catechism of Indians and mestizos accused of being devil’s wizards. The friars faced a crisis in missionary optimism in the face of an alleged indigenous resistance to Christianity or to European social rules. The Portuguese colonial sources reveal evangelization as a field of dispute between the friars, the natives and the colonists, motivating daily conflicts, also encouraging changes in the social and symbolic traditions inside or near the missions. The indigenous people were not passive subjects in the process, contradicting the missionaries for the determination with which, supposedly, they practiced their “gentile” customs and rites. The documentation gathered adds important information to the study of indigenous peoples in contact with Capuchins in the inner territories of Portuguese America.
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