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Helen Rand Parish Papers
Includes research notes, manuscript drafts, and correspondence, the majority of which relate to Parish's extensive writings on Bartolome de las Casas.
The Only Way
The Only Way, edited by Helen Rand Parish; translated by Francis R. Sullivan, S.J. Las Casas, called the "Defender of the Indians", wrote his most famous treatise, De Unico Modo in the 1550s. This translation provides a picture of the spiritual experience of the man whose quest for social justice is relevant for us today.
Estebanico
Historical novel of the adventures of Estebanico, an African slave and one of the four conquistadors who first crossed America in search of the Seven Cities of Gold.
At the Palace Gates
An orphan from the hill country of Peru sets himself up as a shoeshine boy outside the palace gates.
At the Palace Gate
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The Life and Writings of Bartolome de Las Casas
Bartolomé de las Casas spent 50 years of his life actively fighting slavery and the violent colonial abuse of indigenous peoples, especially by trying to convince the Spanish court to adopt a more humane policy of colonization. And although he failed to save the indigenous peoples of the Western Indies, his efforts resulted in several improvements in the legal status of the natives, and in an increased colonial focus on the ethics of colonialism. Las Casas is often seen as one of the first advocates for universal Human Rights. he was also appointed as Bishop of Chiapas, a newly established diocese of which he took possession in 1545 upon his return to the New World. He was consecrated in th...
The First America
This book, designed and written on a grand scale, is about the quest over three centuries of Spaniards born in the New World to define their 'American' identity.
Our Lady of Guadalupe
A fictionalized account of the appearance of the Virgin Mary to to the Indian peasant Juan Diego in 16th century Mexico and how it led to the building of the Cathedral to her as "Our Lady of Guadalupe" in Mexico City.
