Christianity in the Caribbean : essays on church history / edited by Armando Lampe.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lampe, Armando.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--Caribbean Area.

Christianity.

Church and state--Caribbean Area--History.

Church and state.

Slavery and the church--Caribbean Area.

Slavery and the church.

Church history.

History.

Caribbean Area--Church history.

Caribbean Area.

Physical Description:

viii, 285 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Kingston, Jamaica : University of the West Indies Press, 2001.

Summary:

A collection of essays on the history of Christianity and the role of the Church in the processes of colonization and decolonization in the Caribbean. The work is a cross-cultural study of the Church and society in the Dutch, Spanish, French and English Caribbean. It looks at the relationships that existed among slavery, colonialism and Catholicism, Christianity and decolonization, and the church and military dictatorships.

Contents:

The beginnings of the Catholic Church in the Caribbean / Johannes Meier

Protestantism and slavery in the British Caribbean / Keith Hunte

Christianity and slavery in the Dutch Caribbean / Armando Lampe

The Catholic Church and the state in Haiti, 1804-1915 / Laënnec Hurbon

The Catholic Church and the state in the Dominican Republic, 1930-1960 / William Wipfler

Protestantism in Cuba, 1868-1968 / Theo Tschuy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-274) and index.

ISBN:

9766400296

OCLC:

46452602