Frontiers of Evangelization: Indians in the Sierra Gorda and Chiquitos Missions

by Robert H. Jackson

The Spanish crown wanted native peoples in its American territories to be evangelized and, to that end, facilitated the establishment of missions by various Catholic orders. Focusing on the Franciscan missions of the Sierra Gorda in Northern New Spain (Mexico) and the Jesuit missions of Chiquitos in what is now Bolivia, Frontiers of Evangelization takes a comparative approach to understanding the experiences of indigenous populations in...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0806157720
• ISBN13: 9780806157726
• Release Date: July 2017
• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"