Bartolomé de las Casas, OP : history, philosophy, and theology in the age of European expansion / edited by David Thomas Orique, O.P. and Rady Roldán-Figueroa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Orique, David Thomas, O.P., 1959- editor.

Roldán-Figueroa, Rady, editor.

Series:

Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v.189.

Studies in the history of Christian traditions, 0081-8607 ; v.189

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566--Philosophy.

Casas, Bartolomé de las.

Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566--Political and social views.

Casas, Bartolomé de las, 1484-1566.

Indians, Treatment of--Latin America.

Indians, Treatment of.

Missionaries.

Humanism.

Political and social views.

Philosophy.

Latin America.

Humanism--Latin America.

Missionaries--America--Biography.

Missionaries--Spain--Biography.

Spain.

America.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

viii, 485 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2018]

Summary:

Bartolome de las Casas, OP: History, Philosophy, and Theology in the Age of European Expansion marks a critical point in Lascasian scholarship. The result of the collaborative work of seventeen prominent scholars, contributions span the fields of history, Latin American studies, literary criticism, philosophy and theology. The volume offers to specialists and non-specialists alike access to a rich and thoughtful overview of nascent colonial Latin American and early modern Iberian studies in a single text. Contributors include: Rolena Adorno; Matthew Restall; David Thomas Orique, O.P.; Rady Roldan-Figueroa; Carlos A. Jauregui; David Solodkow; Alicia Mayer; Claus Dierksmeier; Daniel R. Brunstetter; Victor Zorrilla; Luis Fernando Restrepo; David Lantigua; Ramon Dario Valdivia Gimenez; Eyda M. Merediz; Laura Dierksmeier; Guillaume Candela, and Armando Lampe.

Contents:

Part 1 Las Casas in the Context of European Expansion

1 The Not-So-Brief Story of the Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias p. 29 / Rolena Adorno

2 "There Was a Time When We Were Friends": Las Casas and Cortés as Monstrous Doubles of the Conquest Era p. 58 / Matthew Restall

3 One Hell-of-a Text: Remedial Components of Bartolomé de Las Casas's Confesionario p. 71 / David Thomas Orique

4 Bartolomé de las Casas, His Theory of the Power of Bishops, and the Early Transatlantic Episcopacy p. 99 / Rady Roldán-Figueroa

5 Biopolitics and the Farming (of) Life in Bartolomé de las Casas p. 127 / Carlos A. Jáuregui and David Solodkow

6 Controversial Cases on Humanitarian Doctrines: Bartolomé de las Casas's Intellectual Legacy among New England Puritans p. 167 / Alicia Mayer

Part 2 Las Casas: Law and Philosophy

7 Globalization Ethics in the Sixteenth Century? Why We Should Re-Read Francisco de Vitoria p. 197 / Claus Dierksmeier

8 Las Casas and the Concept of Just War p. 218 / Daniel R. Brunstetter

9 Just War in Las Casas's Tratado de las doce dudas p. 243 / Víctor Zorrilla

10 The Colonial Face-to-Face and the Human Condition: Writing and Subjectivity in Bartolomé de las Casas p. 260 / Luis Fernando Restrepo

11 Religion within the Limits of Natural Reason: the Case of Human Sacrifice p. 280 / David Lantigua

12 Reason, Providence, and Testimony in the Conversion of Bartolomé de las Casas: a Theological Reading p. 310 / Ramón Darío Valdivia Giménez

Part 3 Las Casas and Peripheral Catholicism

13 Bartolomé de las Casas in the Canary Islands p. 327 / Eyda M. Merediz

14 The Narrower the Divide, the Deeper the Trench: Bartolomé de las Casas and Toribio de Motolinía p. 348 / Laura Dierksmeier

15 Influences of the Lascasian Discourse in Paraguay (Sixteenth Century): the Itinerary of Martín González p. 392 / Guillaume Candela

16 Las Casas and African Slavery in the Caribbean: a Third Conversion p. 421 / Armando Lampe.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9789004369733

9004369732

OCLC:

1054264297