Thank you VM. I am definitely going to read both Baretto and Machado one by one and then listen to Menezes’ podcast interviews.
How do I get a hold of the latter? Are they on You Tube. Roland. > On Jul 4, 2023, at 9:51 PM, V M <[email protected]> wrote: > > > This is relevant: > https://www.heraldgoa.in/Cafe/Sunlight-is-the-Best-Disinfectant/191202 > > I highly recommend Barretto Xavier's book, especially, to understand the > fundamental questions of how so many Goans underwent conversion in the 16th + > 17th centuries. > >> On Wed, 5 Jul 2023, 07:09 Roland Francis, <[email protected]> wrote: >> This is a long-standing question in my mind which I have never, out of a >> hesitation of appearing foolish, or not confident that I would be asking it >> to the right person, ever asked before. But if I don’t get the answer here, >> I know I may not get it anywhere else. >> >> The question is this; >> Have I been brainwashed into thinking, simply put, that missionaries and >> saints of old went to foreign lands, talked to the heathens and converted >> them happily to Christianity merely “by the grace of God”. >> >> In the Indian context, stories about St Francis, St Thomas, St José Vaz and >> various others come to mind. They land, they befriend parts of the local >> population, they learn enough of the local language and before you know it, >> they have converted large swaths of the population to Christianity. Did they >> have sufficient funds sufficient to induce, given by their host kings, or >> were they dealing with disgruntled parts of the local people which made them >> easily vulnerable. >> >> I understand how conversion worked on a kingdom or empire level. The king or >> emperor embraces the new religion, converts all his subjects and his >> conquered peoples by example, favour, bias or just plain old force and >> violence. >> >> A one on one, or one on many system of conversion that worked very well with >> the saints, completely flummoxes me. >> >> Is there also a good book that can explain this? >> >> Roland. >> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Goa-Research-Net" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/434D4E79-E89F-4332-B26A-BB3007051F46%40gmail.com. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Goa-Research-Net" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAN1wPW48KW8FGqwnL8Lw5s6WTa2xG-v9_tKTsfnnhQQc_2HOeQ%40mail.gmail.com. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Goa-Research-Net" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/841C828C-6753-41AF-B2B8-1C98BE0072F4%40gmail.com.
