Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>The purpose of this thesis is to present the dialogue of cannibalism within the realms of Christianity; more so this thesis will focus on how cannibalism is relevant to Christianity. The paper will introduce the reader with two distinct versions of cannibalism, endocannibalism and exocannibalism, providing a historical reference within the written works of authors such as Jean de Lery and Hans Staden and their personal encounters with the Tupinamba, native cannibals of Brazil. The thesis will then transition into the example of how cannibalism was practiced through the examples of Hernan Cortes and the destruction of Old Mexico; readers will then able to make the connection to missionaries’ encounters with Native Americas in the United States, and the metaphorical eating of culture. In finality, the thesis will then focus on the practice of taking the Eucharist and the ideology of bread and wine turning into the body and blood of Christ.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Arts
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Master's Thesis
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Humanities
- Year
- 2011
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Romero, Elizabeth
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Martin Anderson, JD, PhD
- Judy Halebsky, PhD
Subjects
dc:subject × 2Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://scholar.dominican.edu/humanities-print-theses/291
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:scholar.dominican.edu:humanities-print-theses-1290