The Church of the Dead: The Epidemic of 1576 and the Birth of Christianity in the Americas

by Jennifer Scheper Hughes

Book Overview

Tells the story of the founding of American Christianity against the backdrop of devastating disease, and of the Indigenous survivors who kept the nascent faith alive

Many scholars have come to think of the European Christian mission to the Americas as an inevitable success. But in its early period it was very much on the brink of failure. In 1576, Indigenous Mexican communities suffered a catastrophic epidemic that took almost two...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1479802557
• ISBN13: 9781479802555
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: New York University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"