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Description of  To Serve God in Holy Freedom: The Brief Rebellion of the Nuns of the Royal Convent of Santa M nica, Goa, India, 1731 1734

This book presents one of the first accounts of Christianity in colonial India by a nun. Set in Goa in the early eighteenth century, this translation of Soror Magdalenas account from Portuguese brings to life a watershed moment in the politics of Christian faith in early colonial India. The volume recounts the nuns rebellion against the then Archbishop of Goa, Dom Frei Ignaio de Santa Teresa. In their account they accused him of mistreating the nuns and implored the Superior General and the King of Portugal to replace him. It sketches the intricate relationships between the nuns themselves, the clerical and secular authorities, the Read more