Heaven's wrath: the Protestant Reformation and the Dutch West India Company in the Atlantic world
Introduction : the role of Reformed Christianity in the commercial and colonial endeavors of the Dutch Golden Age -- The Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands and the international concerns of the Calvinist ministry -- The directors of the Dutch West India Company and the religious activity of Du...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Ithaca London
Cornell University Press
2019
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| In: | Year: 2019 |
| Series/Journal: | New Netherland Institute studies
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Atlantic
/ West-Indische Compagnie
/ Colonialism
/ Protestantism
/ Calvinism
/ Mission
/ History
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| IxTheo Classification: | KDD Protestant Church |
| Further subjects: | B
Calvinism (Netherlands)
History
B Reformed Church (America) History B West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) History B Dutch (Africa, West) History B Netherlands Colonies (America) B Capitalism Religious aspects Protestant churches B Reformed Church (Netherlands) History |
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Table of Contents Blurb |
| Summary: | Introduction : the role of Reformed Christianity in the commercial and colonial endeavors of the Dutch Golden Age -- The Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands and the international concerns of the Calvinist ministry -- The directors of the Dutch West India Company and the religious activity of Dutch merchants in Europe -- Baptized by water and fire : the religious ideology and rites of the company's early fleets and conquests -- The challenges and shortcomings of public worship in the company's first forts and colonial settlements -- Calvinist reformers in Dutch Brazil and the impacts of reform on Portuguese Catholics before the revolt -- Unrighteous rulers, sinful settlers, and religious dissenters in New Netherland and the Dutch Caribbean -- The harvest was great, the laborers few : Dutch mission theology and outreach among Africans and Indians -- Tensions and conflicts over religious resources and power in the West India Company's later years -- Conclusion : the West India Company, the East India Company, and the Catholic powers in comparative perspective. "Explores the cultural and other impacts of Calvinist ideology and Calvinist religion in the early Dutch Atlantic world" |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index "Published in association with the New Netherland Institute" |
| ISBN: | 0801453631 |