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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480019803321

Autore

Noorlander D. L.

Titolo

Heaven’s Wrath : The Protestant Reformation and the Dutch West India Company in the Atlantic World / / D.L. Noorlander

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, NY : , : Cornell University Press, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-5017-4033-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (300 pages)

Collana

New Netherland Institute studies

Disciplina

284.249209032

Soggetti

Reformed Church

Netherlandish colonies

Dutch

Capitalism - Religious aspects - Protestant churches

Calvinism

HISTORY - Europe - Western

Dutch - Africa, West - History

Reformed Church - America - History

Calvinism - Netherlands - History

Reformed Church - Netherlands - History

History

Electronic books.

Netherlands

America

West Africa

Netherlands Colonies America

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Published in association with the New Netherland Institute."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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.

Sommario/riassunto

"Explores the cultural and other impacts of Calvinist ideology and Calvinist religion in the early Dutch Atlantic world"--