Jesuit Reductions
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 The Jesuit reduction of São Miguel das Missões, in Brazil |
Jesuit reductions were different from the reductions in other regions because the indigenous people (Indians) were expected to convert to Christianity but not necessarily to European culture. Under the leadership of both the Jesuits and native caciques, the reductions achieved a high degree of autonomy within the Spanish colonial empire. With the use of Indian labour, the reductions became economically successful. When their existence was threatened by the incursions of Bandeirante slave traders, Indian militia were created that fought effectively against the colonists. The resistance by the Jesuit reductions to slave raids, as well as their high degree of autonomy and economic success, have been cited as contributing factors to the expulsion of the Jesuits from the Americas in 1767. The Jesuit reductions present a controversial chapter of the evangelisational history of the Americas, and are variously described as jungle utopias or as theocratic regimes of terror.
| Article by Alan Rinding on Brazil's Indians Article by Alan Rinding on Brazil's Indians query.nytimes.com/.../fullpage.html?res=940DE2DC153AF932A05752C0A96E948260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print - Web |
| Indigenous Genocide in the Brazilian Amazon Indigenous Genocide in the Brazilian Amazon www.yale.edu/gsp/colonial/amazon.html - Web |
| In-depth 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article on the... In-depth 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia article on the Reductions www.newadvent.org/cathen/12688b.htm - Web |
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| Colonial Brazil: The Portuguese, the Tupi, and oth... Colonial Brazil: The Portuguese, the Tupi, and other indigenous tribes www.balagan.org.uk/war/iberia/1492/brazil/index.htm - Web |
| Detailed description of the Jesuit reductions in C... Detailed description of the Jesuit reductions in Chiquitanía with pictures www.chiquitania.com/missions.html - Web |
