Discuss In what ways did Europeans use religion as a means of social control? How did these authors justify committing violent acts in the name of God? Do you think they were sincere in their beliefs that they were carrying out God’s will, or was religion just a convenient excuse for brutality and domination?
Consider the works of Martin Luther (“Martin Luther Rebukes the Rebelling Peasants”), Bartolomé de las Casas (“The destruction of the Amerindians”), and Thomas Harriot (“A briefe and true report”). In what ways did Europeans use religion as a means of social control? How did these authors justify committing violent acts in the name of God? […]