Popes, the Catholic Church and the Transatlantic Enslavement of Black Africans 1418-1839. Volume 16 / Pius Onyemechi Adiele.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Adiele, Pius Onyemechi, author.

Series:

Sklaverei, Knechtschaft, Zwangsarbeit ; Band 16.

Sklaverei - Knechtschaft - Zwangsarbeit ; Band 16

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church.

Slavery.

Forced labor.

Africans.

Africa.

Genre:

Academic theses.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 page)

Other Title:

Popes, the Catholic Church and the Transatlantic Enslavement of Black Africans 1418-1839

Place of Publication:

Georg Olms Verlag 2017

[Place of publication not identified] : Georg Olms Verlag, 2017.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For over 400 years, Black African men, women and children suffered the worst type of enslavement and humiliation from the hands of Catholics and other Western Christians during the transatlantic slave trade. Before now, no one could ever believe that the Popes of the Church were deeply involved in this Holocaust against Black African people. Despite the claims made by the hallowed papal office in Rome in recent years that the Popes condemned the enslavement of peoples wherever it existed including that of Black Africans, recent researches in these fields of study have proved the contrary to be true. The Church and her Popes were rather among the major "role players" in this worst crime against Black Africans in recorded history. With the help of a considerable number of papal Bulls from the Vatican Secret Archives and a great amount of Royal documents from the Portuguese National Archives in Lisbon, the present book is aiming to undertake a critical and analytical inquiry of this aspect of the transatlantic slavery that has been kept in the dark for so many years by the Western historians and scholars. The results of this studious but fruitful academic inquiry are laid bare in this notable work of the 21st century. Pius Onyemechi Adiele is a Catholic priest of Ahiara Diocese Mbaise and an alumnus of Seat of Wisdom Seminary Owerri and Bigard Memorial Seminary Enugu in Nigeria. He obtained his licentiate in Theology from the famous University of Münster and his doctoral degree in Church History from the renowned University of Tübingen in Germany. At present, he is a research fellow in the areas of African Church History and Enslavement of peoples as well as the pastor in charge of the merged parishes of Lauchheim, Westhausen, Lippach, Röttingen and Hülen in Germany.

Contents:

Impressum

Table of Contents

Foreword

I. Introduction

II. Justification for Slavery and Enslavement of BlackAfricans

III. The Catholic Church and Black African Enslavement

IV. The Portuguese and the Evangelization of Africa

V. Conclusion.

Notes:

Thesis (doctoral) Universität, Tübingen 2014

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

CC BY-NC-ND

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ISBN:

9783487422169

3487422166

OCLC:

1249173206

Access Restriction:

Open Access Unrestricted online access