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The missionaries : God against the Indians

The Missionaries is a searing examination of attempts by North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries to convert indigenous tribes around the globe. In a distillation of a lifetime's observation on the ground, Norman Lewis contrasts the self-contained, peaceful traditions of the tribal peoples he so admires with the violence, the ruthless double-standards and the greed of the men and women who seek to convert them. Lewis's description leaves the reader devastated by man's capacity for cruelty and with no doubt as to which of the two? missionaries or tribespeople? has developed t.

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  • "The author turns his critical lens on those missionaries who embed themselves in indigenous cultures to convert the locals to Christianity. What begins with the well-meaning goal of improving the lives of native people, often has the opposite effect. Focusing mainly on tribes in South America, but also in Indochina and the Pacific Islands, Lewis demonstrates how various missionary organizations betray their originating principals and--whether knowingly or not--contribute to the destruction of entire cultures on a scale equivalent to that of genocide."
  • "This book is about genocide, practiced today, against helpless people - in the name of God. These 'benevolent" destroyers, most of them from the United States, call themselves Christians. In this powerful book, Norman Lewis takes us among the Indians of Central and Latin America, Indochina and the Pacific Islands."
  • "The Missionaries is a searing examination of attempts by North American fundamentalist Christian missionaries to convert indigenous tribes around the globe. In a distillation of a lifetime's observation on the ground, Norman Lewis contrasts the self-contained, peaceful traditions of the tribal peoples he so admires with the violence, the ruthless double-standards and the greed of the men and women who seek to convert them. Lewis's description leaves the reader devastated by man's capacity for cruelty and with no doubt as to which of the two? missionaries or tribespeople? has developed t."@en
  • "Ooggetuigeverslag van de lijfelijke en culturele genocide op Zuidamerikaanse Indianen."

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  • "The missionaries : God against the Indians"@en
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  • "Die Missionare : über die Vernichtung anderer Kulturen ; ein Augenzeugenbericht"
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  • "The missionaries : [God against the indians]"
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  • "The Missionaries God against the Indians"@en
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  • "Misioneros : Dios contra los indios"@es
  • "Misioneros : Dios contra los indios"
  • "Die Missionare : über die Vernichtung anderer Kulturen : ein Augenzeugenbericht"

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