There is Angela Barreto Xavier's excellent article on Chorao in the early 16th century. I think some of it is included in her recent book *Religion and Empire.*
On Wed, 5 Jul 2023, 08:05 Roland Francis, <[email protected]> wrote: > I appreciate you - as the Americans now say John. > > Roland. > > > On Jul 4, 2023, at 10:24 PM, John de Figueiredo <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Roland, > > I have written a series of articles on how mass conversions work. Will > send you the references. > > Best, > > John > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > >> On Jul 4, 2023, at 9:39 PM, 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/35F7D19D-B45B-4858-A556-97D7185B880C%40sbcglobal.net > . > > -- > 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/7FA8BEC4-9F08-4828-A05E-81CF8294EF08%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/CAHdyfPB3QogLoq%3Dqusv_5QDT0m8j%3DiwYFJeGiK0AuGtcyYb0Tg%40mail.gmail.com.
