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Author Noorlander, D. L., author.

Title Heaven's wrath : the Protestant Reformation and the Dutch West India Company in the Atlantic world / D.L. Noorlander.

Publication Info. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019.
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Description 1 online resource (viii, 289 pages).
text file
Series New Netherland Institute studies
Note "Published in association with the New Netherland Institute."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the role of Reformed Christianity in the commercial and colonial endeavors of the Dutch Golden Age -- The Dutch Reformed Church in the Netherlands and the international concerns of the Calvinist ministry -- The directors of the Dutch West India Company and the religious activity of Dutch merchants in Europe -- Baptized by water and fire : the religious ideology and rites of the company's early fleets and conquests -- The challenges and shortcomings of public worship in the company's first forts and colonial settlements -- Calvinist reformers in Dutch Brazil and the impacts of reform on Portuguese Catholics before the revolt -- Unrighteous rulers, sinful settlers, and religious dissenters in New Netherland and the Dutch Caribbean -- The harvest was great, the laborers few : Dutch mission theology and outreach among Africans and Indians -- Tensions and conflicts over religious resources and power in the West India Company's later years -- Conclusion : the West India Company, the East India Company, and the Catholic powers in comparative perspective.
Summary "Explores the cultural and other impacts of Calvinist ideology and Calvinist religion in the early Dutch Atlantic world"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands) -- History.
West-Indische Compagnie (Netherlands)
History.
Reformed Church -- Netherlands -- History.
Reformed Church.
Netherlands.
Calvinism -- Netherlands -- History.
Calvinism.
Reformed Church -- America -- History.
America.
Civil war -- Religious aspects -- Reformed Church.
Dutch -- Africa, West -- History.
Dutch.
West Africa.
Netherlands -- Colonies -- America.
Colonies.
Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches.
Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Noorlander, D.L. Heaven's wrath. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2019 9780801453632 (DLC) 2018060433
ISBN 1501740326 (electronic book)
9781501740329 (electronic book)
9781501740336 (electronic book)
1501740334 (electronic book)
9781501740329 (ret)
9780801453632 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)