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Loading... The Missionaries: God Against the Indians (1988)by Norman Lewis
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Based on his experiences with missionaries in Southeast Asia and Central and Latin America, Lewis has written a scathing account of how some missionary sects deal with indigenous peoples in their bid for the conquest of souls. He cites the creation of fear and the establishment of dependency upon goods which, without becoming wage-earners, the Indians could not procure. As native peoples are hurried through the process of acculturation, Indian customs and ways of life, ceremonies, art, music, and dance are often lost only to be replaced by illness, apathy, and forced labor. This volume combines autobiography, travel writing, and social commentary. no reviews | add a review
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The renowned travel writer delivers "a scathing account of how some missionary sects deal with indigenous peoples in their bid for the conquest of souls" (Library Journal). Acclaimed 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. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)266.008998Religions Christian church and church work Missions; Home and Foreign Missions; Home and Foreign Missions; Home and ForeignLC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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