R L Green
Biographic Data
| ID | 4974509 |
|---|---|
| NAME | R L Green |
| GIVEN NAMES | R L |
| FAMILY NAME | Green |
| SIGNATURE | GREEN R L |
| AFFILIATIONS | College of the Holy Cross |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Tropical Idolatry: A Theological History of Catholic Colonialism in the Pacific World, 1568–1700
In Tropical Idolatry, R.L. Green examines how thinkers within the Society of Jesus attempted to convert indigenous peoples of New Spain, the Philippine Islands, and the Mariana Islands to Catholicism during the early modern period. Through the close readings of Jesuit authored theological treatises and historical texts, all placed firmly within a rich, vibrant, and nuanced Catholic intellectual tradition, the evolution of ideas on the topic of in…
Imagining Indigenous Religions
The Politics of Prayer: White American Catholicism and “Negro” Sainthood
This article interrogates the way in which Western European and American Catholic clerics, theologians, and writers sought to use both prayer and the memory of an Afro-Hispanic holy man, Saint Martín de Porres, as a resource for converting African Americans to Catholicism in the twentieth century. It demonstrates how intellectuals and organizers within the Catholic Church appealed to traditional notions of the sacred and popular ideas about race …
Africans in Spanish Catholic Thought, 1568–1647: Beyond Jesuit Hagiography
In this article I examine the theological milieu of the Society of Jesus during the early modern era. I argue that Spanish Jesuit theologians and chroniclers in the Americas and the Philippine Islands conceptualized Africans, whether enslaved or free, not so much as potential members of the Church but as threats to the Church. By identifying the Jesuits’ latent theology about Africans during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, I a…
Africans in Spanish Catholic Thought, 1568–1647: Beyond Jesuit Hagiography
In this article I examine the theological milieu of the Society of Jesus during the early modern era. I argue that Spanish Jesuit theologians and chroniclers in the Americas and the Philippine Islands conceptualized Africans, whether enslaved or free, not so much as potential members of the Church but as threats to the Church. By identifying the Jesuits’ latent theology about Africans during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, I a…
Africans in Spanish Catholic Thought, 1568–1647: Beyond Jesuit Hagiography
In this article I examine the theological milieu of the Society of Jesus during the early modern era. I argue that Spanish Jesuit theologians and chroniclers in the Americas and the Philippine Islands conceptualized Africans, whether enslaved or free, not so much as potential members of the Church but as threats to the Church. By identifying the Jesuits’ latent theology about Africans during the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries, I a…
The Politics of Prayer: White American Catholicism and “Negro” Sainthood
This article interrogates the way in which Western European and American Catholic clerics, theologians, and writers sought to use both prayer and the memory of an Afro-Hispanic holy man, Saint Martín de Porres, as a resource for converting African Americans to Catholicism in the twentieth century. It demonstrates how intellectuals and organizers within the Catholic Church appealed to traditional notions of the sacred and popular ideas about race …
Tropical Idolatry: A Theological History of Catholic Colonialism in the Pacific World, 1568–1700
In Tropical Idolatry, R.L. Green examines how thinkers within the Society of Jesus attempted to convert indigenous peoples of New Spain, the Philippine Islands, and the Mariana Islands to Catholicism during the early modern period. Through the close readings of Jesuit authored theological treatises and historical texts, all placed firmly within a rich, vibrant, and nuanced Catholic intellectual tradition, the evolution of ideas on the topic of in…
Imagining Indigenous Religions
Philosophy (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Theology (3 works) · History (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (1 works) · Anthropology (1 works) · Art (1 works) · Biology (1 works) · Classics (1 works)