... religious beliefs of one of the tribes, the Umuofians, are based on worshipping many gods and ancestral spirits. For example, Okonkwo, one of the Umuofians, believes in worshiping " the wooden symbols of his personal god and his ancestral spirits" (14), as do all his kinsmen. The polytheism of Ibo religion unconsciously separates the natives because of competition among various religious leaders ... establishment of imperialist colonies, the indigenous people of Ibo society had more severe punishments. For example, to punish offenders of their laws they killed them or throw them into th...

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... them to hear the gospel." With this in mind, the Spanish were presented with a new dilemma - is it just to wage war with pagans? The Guanches were not like the evil Muslims; they were simply ignorant. The pope stepped in and provided an answer. He would grant spiritual and temporal lordship to the conqueror of any new land. If its inhabitants ... not actually based on faith, but on fear. This was a common act. "The result of all this was formal Christianization, understood as the acceptance of certain rituals that were the symbols of fundamental truths but the fulfillment of which did n...

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