Is Angela Barreto Xavier's book available in Goa? During my visit to Dogears earlier this year, I didn't see a copy of the book. I had bought Alan Machado's at his talk at Margao. In the overall issue of Christianity flourishing in India and other places in the East, it must be understood that the one of the functions of the Church is to spread the religion wherever possible. In this regard, the Portuguese felt to help establish the church and convert people who they thought of the populace being "heathen". Hinduism was not so wide spread and India was a cauldron of native religions. Similarly, missionaries were dispatched to the dark continent of Africa. Inquisition may have played some part, but Alan Machodo's book expands on the intricacies of this so-called "unholy" act. Saint Jose Vaz didn't come from outside India, but a native-born Goan. He was helpful in establishing Chrisitanity in Sr Lanka.
Eugene Correia On Wed, Jul 5, 2023 at 1:21 AM Amita Kanekar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/goa-research-net/CAHdyfPB3QogLoq%3Dqusv_5QDT0m8j%3DiwYFJeGiK0AuGtcyYb0Tg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAJhbo_5nji7yg2rzkUQAL6%2BgTcQGJncxG%3DgGsR_X5oLtmHT01w%40mail.gmail.com.
