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

"Explores the cultural and other impacts of Calvinist ideology and Calvinist religion in the early Dutch Atlantic world"--

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Noorlander, D. L. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
Series:	New Netherland Institute studies
Subjects:	West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) > History. West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) Reformed Church > Netherlands > History. Calvinism > Netherlands > History. Reformed Church > America > History. Dutch > Africa, West > History. Capitalism > Religious aspects > Protestant churches. HISTORY > Europe > Western. Calvinism Capitalism > Religious aspects > Protestant churches Dutch Netherlandish colonies Reformed Church Netherlands > Colonies > America. Netherlands > Colonies. West Africa America Netherlands History
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Table of 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.

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