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Columbus and Christianity: Did You Know?
Little-known facts about Christopher Columbus and Christianity in the Americas
Thomas S. Giles is project editor for Christianity Today.
From the Editor: Overlooked Questions about Columbus
Kevin A. Miller
Why Did Columbus Sail?
What your history textbooks may not have told you
Kevin A. Miller is editor of Christian History.
When Two Worlds Met
The historic moment from Columbus's journal
Columbus's Signature
What does it mean?
Kevin A. Miller is editor of Christian History.
The Clamor over Columbus
On this hotly debated anniversary, what should Christians think?
Dr. Martin E. Marty is the Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor at The University of Chicago and is a member of the editorial advisory board of Christian History. He is author of numerous books, including Pilgrims in Their Own Land: Five Hundred Years of Religion in America (Chicago, 1984).
Voices in the Controversy
How Did Native Americans Respond to Christianity?
A collection of eyewitness accounts
Thomas S. Giles is project editor for Christianity Today.
Tying Their Own Hands
How Christian missionaries sometimes thwarted their own evangelism
Thomas S. Giles is project editor for Christianity Today.
The Great Debate
How should the church evangelize the Americas? Two strong leaders faced off over the question
Christianity Comes to the Americas
Early Spanish Expansion and Missions
William D. Taylor is executive secretary of the missions commission, World Evangelical Fellowship.
Columbus and Christianity in the Americas: Christian History Timeline
Spanish Developments, 1492–1810
Thomas S. Giles is project editor for Christianity Today.
Cross and Sword
by PABLO A. DEIROS Dr. Pablo A. Deiros is pastor of Central Baptist Church in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and director of post-graduate studies at the International Baptist Theological Seminary in Buenos Aires. In 1992–93 he will serve as John A. Mackay Professor of World Christianity at Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, New Jersey.
Lights in the Darkness
As sincere believers marched to subjugate a continent, other Christians had to oppose them
Dr. Justo L. González is adjunct professor of theology at Columbia Theological Seminary in Decatur, Georgia; and a member of the editorial advisory board of Christian History. Among his numerous books, in both Spanish and English is The Story of Christianity (Harper &Row 1985).
Columbus and Christianity in the Americas: A Gallery of Champions for the Oppressed
Courageous Christians who worked on behalf of "the least of these" in the Americas
John Maust is editor of Latin America Evangelist magazine and is author of several books, including New Song in the Andes (William Carey, 1992).
The Christian Conquerors
The Father of California
Junipero Serra launched a remarkable enterprise on Spain's final frontier
James D. Smith III is pastor of Clairemont Emmanuel Baptist Church and adjunct professor of church history at Bethel Seminary—West, both in San Diego, California. He is a member of the editorial adisory board of Christian History.
Highlights of the California Missions
Junípero Serra and his successors established 21 missions in California between 1769 and 1823. Each mission was a combination military outpost and religious commune; together, they were a colorful experiment in missions.
Mark Galli
Protestantism Explodes
Why is a traditionally Catholic region turning Protestant?
interview with Samuel Escobar
Columbus and Christianity in the Americas: Recommended Resources
Of the many books about Columbus and his religious legacy, which are most helpful? Christian History asked Dr. William D. Taylor, co-author, with Emilio A. Núñez C., of Crisis in Latin America: An Evangelical Perspective (Moody, 1989).
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