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Issue 35 : Columbus & Christianity in the Americas

Originally published in 1992

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Columbus and Christianity: Did You Know?

Little-known facts about Christopher Columbus and Christianity in the Americas

Thomas S. Giles
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
When Two Worlds Met

The historic moment from Columbus's journal
Columbus's Signature

What does it mean?

Kevin A. Miller
The Clamor over Columbus

What should Christians think about the hotly debated anniversary?

Martin E. Marty
Voices in the Controversy
How Did Native Americans Respond to Christianity?

A collection of eyewitness accounts

Thomas S. Giles
Tying Their Own Hands

How Christian missionaries sometimes thwarted their own evangelism

Thomas S. Giles
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
Columbus and Christianity in the Americas: Christian History Timeline

Spanish Developments, 1492–1810

Thomas S. Giles
Cross and Sword

Pablo A. Deiros
Lights in the Darkness

As sincere believers marched to subjugate a continent, other Christians had to oppose them

Justo L. González
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
The Christian Conquerors
The Father of California

Junipero Serra launched a remarkable enterprise on Spain's final frontier

James D. Smith III
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 conducted by Thornley B. Wood
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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