TY - GEN TY - GEN T1 - Global Calvinism : conversion and commerce in the Dutch Empire, 1600-1800 A1 - Parker, Charles H., 1958- kirjoittaja LA - eng PP - New Haven, Conn. PB - Yale University Press YR - 2022 UL - https://kansalliskirjasto.finna.fi/Record/fikka.5577442 AB - 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. SN - 978-0-300-23605-7 SN - 0300236050 KW - 1600-luku KW - 1700-luku KW - 1600-1799 KW - kalvinismi KW - kauppa KW - siirtomaat KW - Conversion : Calvinists. KW - Calvinism : Netherlands : Colonies. KW - Commerce. KW - Netherlandish colonies. KW - Alankomaat KW - Netherlands : Colonies : Commerce. KW - Netherlands : Colonies : History : 17th century. KW - Netherlands : Colonies : History : 18th century. ER -