God in the rainforest: a tale of martyrdom and redemption in Amazonian Ecuador

"Palm Beach" on the Curaray River -- The home front -- Sil and the "auca epic" -- The next steps -- An invitation to meet Dayomae's kin -- Peaceful contact -- A parting of the ways -- The (apparently) idyllic years -- Big oil, Waorani relocation, and polio -- Early anti-miss...

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Autore principale: Long, Kathryn 1950- (Autore)
Tipo di documento: Stampa Libro
Lingua:Inglese
Servizio "Subito": Ordinare ora.
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Pubblicazione: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2019]
In:Anno: 2019
(sequenze di) soggetti normati:B Ecuador / Amazonas / Waorani / Cristianizzazione / Missione / Storia 1956-1994
Notazioni IxTheo:RJ Missione
Altre parole chiave:B Missionaries Biography Napo River Valley (Ecuador and Peru)
B Indians of South America Missions Napo River Valley (Ecuador and Peru)
Accesso online: Indice
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Riepilogo:"Palm Beach" on the Curaray River -- The home front -- Sil and the "auca epic" -- The next steps -- An invitation to meet Dayomae's kin -- Peaceful contact -- A parting of the ways -- The (apparently) idyllic years -- Big oil, Waorani relocation, and polio -- Early anti-mission sentiment -- An anthropologist arrives -- Breaking a pattern of dependence -- ¡Fuera de aquí! (Get out of here!) -- Land, literacy, and "Quichua-ization" -- Catholics and the Waorani -- Leaving Ecuador -- The Aguarico martyrs -- The New Testament in Wao Tededo -- David and Goliath -- Saving the rainforest -- Epilogue: the twenty-first century
Descrizione del documento:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:0190608986