New World, First Nations: Native Peoples of Mesoamerica and the Andes under Colonial Rule. Edited by David Cahill and Blanca Tovías. Brighton, UK: Sussex Academic Press, 2006. Pp. viii, 265. Tables. Notes. Index. $67.50 cloth.

2008 ◽  
Vol 64 (3) ◽  
pp. 440-441
Author(s):  
Camilla Townsend
Keyword(s):  
First Nations ◽  
New World ◽  
Academic Press ◽  
Colonial Rule ◽  
Native Peoples ◽  
The Andes

Developments in the Archaeology of Nuclear America, 1935-60

1961 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
pp. 46-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gordon R. Willey
Keyword(s):  
Native American ◽  
New World ◽  
Ethnic Identification ◽  
Origins Of Agriculture ◽  
Old World ◽  
The Andes ◽  
Culture Process

AbstractArchaeological developments in the zone extending from Mesoamerica to the Andes are summarized in terms of the following topics: early man, the origins of agriculture, the interrelationships of the Nuclear American cultures, the ethnic identification of archaeological complexes, horizonal and tradition formulations, the place of Nuclear America in the hemisphere, relationships between the New World and the Old World, the rise of native American civilizations, and main trends since 1935. These trends include increasing chronological control, greater awareness of context, growing interest in culture process, and more clarity and precision in definitions.

“I Lead the Way, Like Columbus”

2019 ◽  
pp. 391-419
Author(s):  
Zachary McLeod Hutchins
Keyword(s):  
New World ◽  
Christopher Columbus ◽  
Native Peoples ◽  
Joseph Smith ◽  
Book Of Mormon ◽  
Orson Scott Card ◽  
The Way

Readers of The Book of Mormon have long identified Christopher Columbus as the “man among the Gentiles” whose divinely prompted journey to the Americas is foretold therein; Columbus thus became a model for the prophetic leadership of Joseph Smith. But if Columbus was inspired to discover the New World, that inspiration was imprecise, as the admiral sailed for China, suggesting that revelation is necessarily an ambiguous, messy process whose conclusions are uncertain and provisional, subject to correction or revision. Because his arrival in the Americas precipitated the genocide of Native peoples, identifying Columbus as a prophetic figure has forced faithful readers of The Book of Mormon to grapple with the question of theodicy. Some, like the novelist Orson Scott Card, have suggested that the Amerindian genocide is compatible with the justice of a loving God, while others have argued that The Book of Mormon celebrates prophetic weakness and promotes hermeneutic humility.

scholarly journals Evangelization as Performance: Making Music, Telling Stories

2010 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
pp. 305-310
Author(s):  
John F. Schwaller
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
American History ◽  
New World ◽  
Native Language ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Language Documentation ◽  
Native Languages ◽  
Native Peoples ◽  
Latin American History ◽  
New Generation

In the 1970s two important trends in Latin American history came into conjunction. The older of these was the study of the evangelization of the natives of the New World. The evangelization largely occurred at the hands of the regular clergy: Franciscans, Dominicans, and Augustinians. Nevertheless, there were significant numbers of secular priests who also engaged in the mission, but they did not leave the editorial legacy of the religious. The second trend which emerged was the study of the native peoples, but with a very important new consideration. While earlier historians had been contented to write basing their histories on the Spanish language documentation, in the 1970s a new generation of scholars versed in Nahuati, Maya, and other native languages, began to look at themes utilizing native language documentation. The confluence of these two trends was the use of native language documentation to study the evangelization.

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