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Heaven's wrath : the Protestant Reformation and the Dutch West India Company in the Atlantic world / D.L. Noorlander.
LIBRA BX9474.3 .N66 2019
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Noorlander, D. L., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands)--History.
- West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands).
- Reformed Church--Netherlands--History.
- Reformed Church.
- Colonies.
- Dutch.
- History.
- Calvinism.
- Netherlands.
- Calvinism--Netherlands--History.
- Reformed Church--America--History.
- Dutch--Africa, West--History.
- Netherlands--Colonies--America.
- Capitalism--Religious aspects--Protestant churches.
- Capitalism.
- Netherlandish colonies.
- West Africa.
- America.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- viii, 289 pages ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- "Explores the cultural and other impacts of Calvinist ideology and Calvinist religion in the early Dutch Atlantic world"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- "Published in association with the New Netherland Institute."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Noorlander, D. L., author. Heaven's wrath
- ISBN:
- 9780801453632
- 0801453631
- OCLC:
- 1079844430
- Publisher Number:
- 40029360847
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