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100 1 $aVickery, Paul S.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2005089846
245 10 $aBartolomé de las Casas :$bgreat prophet of the Americas /$cPaul S. Vickery.
260 $aNew Jersey :$bPaulist Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $avi, 205 pages :$billustrations ;$c23 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 185-199) and index.
520 1 $a"Bartolome de las Casas (1484-1566) came to the New World in pursuit of material wealth, became virtually a slave owner, and ended up suddenly and dramatically turning his life around to become a Dominican friar and the first great champion of the Native Americans. Daring to challenge the Spanish encontienda system, which was little more than a justification of forced labor, Las Casas, in the spirit of the great Hebrew Prophets, spoke out unequivocally for justice and freedom for oppressed peoples. His The Only Way, which argued that the native peoples of the Americas are fully human, can rightly be called one of the seminal documents of American Catholic social justice." "In this biography, Paul Vickery focuses especially upon Las Casas's "conversion" journey. Drawing upon Las Casas's own words and actions, Vickery describes the historical setting and specific events leading up to Las Casas's spiritual awakening and then interprets this experience in light of his message for us today. Students of history, Western civilization, and social justice will find here an original and provocative text about Colonial Latin America and Native American studies, while students of ethics will find much food for thought in its treatment of questions of conscience and the moral choices with which we are confronted."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aCasas, Bartolomé de las,$d1484-1566.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80010286
650 0 $aExplorers$zAmerica$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103433
650 0 $aExplorers$zSpain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008103434
650 0 $aMissionaries$zAmerica$vBiography.
650 0 $aMissionaries$zSpain$vBiography.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2010102100
650 0 $aIndians, Treatment of.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85065075
651 0 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration$xSpanish.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004256
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip065/2005035937.html
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