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The Missionaries: God Against the Indians

Norman Lewis

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Description:Norman Lewis’s stunning examination of the disturbing cultural and environmental devastation wrought in the name of religious salvationAcclaimed travel essayist Norman Lewis spent his life traversing the globe and offering thoughtful commentary on the cultures he visited. In The Missionaries, he turns his critical lens on those missionaries who embed themselves in indigenous cultures to convert the locals to Christianity. What begins with the well-meaning goal of improving the lives of native people, though, often has the opposite effect.Focusing mainly on tribes in South America, but also in Indochina and the Pacific Islands, Lewis demonstrates how various missionary organizations betray their originating principals and—whether knowingly or not—contribute to the destruction of entire cultures on a scale equivalent to that of genocide.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Missionaries: God Against the Indians. To get started finding The Missionaries: God Against the Indians, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 245

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Open Road Media

Release: 2013

ISBN: 1480433330

Description: Norman Lewis’s stunning examination of the disturbing cultural and environmental devastation wrought in the name of religious salvationAcclaimed travel essayist Norman Lewis spent his life traversing the globe and offering thoughtful commentary on the cultures he visited. In The Missionaries, he turns his critical lens on those missionaries who embed themselves in indigenous cultures to convert the locals to Christianity. What begins with the well-meaning goal of improving the lives of native people, though, often has the opposite effect.Focusing mainly on tribes in South America, but also in Indochina and the Pacific Islands, Lewis demonstrates how various missionary organizations betray their originating principals and—whether knowingly or not—contribute to the destruction of entire cultures on a scale equivalent to that of genocide.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Missionaries: God Against the Indians. To get started finding The Missionaries: God Against the Indians, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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