Taking the three continents in turn, the documents trace chronologically the transfer of Christianity from the beginning of Western colonization through the end

From conquistadores and explorers to Protestants, peasants and priests, eyewitnesses give narrative to the triumphs and tragedies of Latin America's religious d

Professor Hastings also compares the relation of Christian history to the comparable development of Islam in Africa.

The story of Christianity in the West has often been told, but the history of Christianity in the East is not as well known. The seed was the same: the good new