Compel People to Come in: Violence and Catholic Conversions in the Non-European World

by Pedro Lage Correia, Girolamo Imbruglia, Adone Agnolin

"Compelle intrare": since the time of St Augustine, St Luke's words in the parable of the Banquet have served as a justification for forced conversion to Christianity. Challenging this tradition, in 1686 Pierre Bayle denounced how a literal interpretation of the parable had led to a long line of crimes, and argued that "nothing is more abominable than obtaining conversion by coercion." In recent decades, scholarly research on conversion in the Early...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 8833130770
• ISBN13: 9788833130774
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: Viella Editrice
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"