Title Global Calvinism : conversion and commerce in the Dutch empire, 1600-1800 / Charles H. Parker

Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [2022] ©2022

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 390 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Yale scholarship online Contents Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Calvinism in the Dutch Empire -- One Christ, the Fatherland, and the Company -- Two Church and Colonial Society -- Three Conversion in the Empire -- Four Language and Salvation in the Empire -- Five Identity and Otherness in the Republic and the Missions -- Six Global Calvinism and the Pagan Principle -- Conclusion: The Early Modern Legacy of Global Calvinism -- Appendix: Authors and Works Discussed in Chapters 5 and 6 -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index Summary Calvinism went global in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, as close to a thousand Dutch Reformed ministers, along with hundreds of lay chaplains, attached themselves to the Dutch East India and West India companies. Across Asia, Africa, and the Americas where the trading companies set up operation, Dutch ministers sought to convert "pagans," "Moors," Jews, and Catholics and to spread the cultural influence of Protestant Christianity. As Dutch ministers labored under the auspices of the trading companies, the missionary project coalesced, sometimes grudgingly but often readily, with empire building and mercantile capitalism. Simultaneously, Calvinism became entangled with societies around the world as encounters with indigenous societies shaped the development of European religious and intellectual history. Though historians have traditionally treated the Protestant and European expansion as unrelated developments, the global reach of Dutch Calvinism offers a unique opportunity to understand the intermingling of a Protestant faith, commerce, and empire A comprehensive study of the connection between Calvinist missions and Dutch imperial expansion during the early modern period Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 13, 2022) Subject Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk -- Missions SUBJECT Nederlandse Hervormde Kerk fast Subject Calvinism -- Netherlands -- History -- 17th century Calvinism -- Netherlands -- History -- 18th century Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches. Imperialism. Calvinism -- Indonesia Missions -- Indonesia HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. Capitalism -- Religious aspects -- Protestant churches Calvinism Imperialism Missions Indonesia Netherlands Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 0300262604 9780300262605 0300236050 9780300236057

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