Heaven's wrath the Protestant Reformation and the Dutch West India Company in the Atlantic world / D.L. Noorlander.

SeriesNew Netherland Institute studies
Contents Introduction : the role of Reformed Christianity in the commercial and colonial endeavors of the Dutch Golden Age -- The Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands and the international concerns of the Calvinist ministry -- The directors of the Dutch West India Company and the religious activity of Dutch merchants in Europe -- Baptized by water and fire : the religious ideology and rites of the company's early fleets and conquests -- The challenges and shortcomings of public worship in the company's first forts and colonial settlements -- Calvinist reformers in Dutch Brazil and the impacts of reform on Portuguese Catholics before the revolt -- Unrighteous rulers, sinful settlers, and religious dissenters in New Netherland and the Dutch Caribbean -- The harvest was great, the laborers few : Dutch mission theology and outreach among Africans and Indians -- Tensions and conflicts over religious resources and power in the West India Company's later years -- Conclusion : the West India Company, the East India Company, and the Catholic powers in comparative perspective.
Abstract "Explores the cultural and other impacts of Calvinist ideology and Calvinist religion in the early Dutch Atlantic world"-- Provided by publisher.
General note"Published in association with the New Netherland Institute."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Issued in other formPrint version: Noorlander, D. L., author. Heaven's wrath Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9780801453632
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LCCN 2019000906
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