Christian Church And Governments In The Film, The Mission

The Mission is one of the films that help to bring out the issue of Christian church controversies that characterized the eighteenth century. The movie features events that occurred in Latin America in which Jesuit missionaries were under threats arising from the pragmatic needs of their doctrines and order. This challenge is further made complex by the predatory racial prejudice of European settlers, coupled with the political pressure stemming from the colonial imperialists. The dominant religious themes that form a major part of this movie can be assessed with the use of structural theories that explain the relationship between the Christian church or religious bodies and politics and governments. In this essay, I will discuss the Christianity
To Gabriel, in the absence of the missions, they will not be shielded from slavery, which the Portuguese hold as allowed (Joffe, 1986). However, colonialists such as Don Cabeza from Spain and Hontar from Portugal, maintain that the Church must respect political powers. The outcome of the treaty is that Spain, which had banned slavery, surrenders the territory to Portugal, which still practices slavery (Joffe, 1986). To avert the Jesuit order from being expelled from Portugal, all Jesuit missions in Lain America are closed down upon directive from the Pope. This means that the Indians residing there have to be abandoned to slavery. However, the Guarani Indians show determination to remain and fight for the mission that they have began to love, an act that surprises Mendoza. In spite his Jesuit pledge of nonviolence, he understands that his past warring skills as a mercenary can be used to train the Guaranis to oppose the colonial oppressors (Joffe,
Obviously, the genocides at the end of the movie set up the sad accordatura. Indigenous citizens are still expendable, for instance, when government want more land (Amore et al. 2015). The death of innocent Guarani Indians, Gabriel and Mendoza support this point vividly. For the safety of their life, Guarani Indians converted to Christian, instead of their own religions. However, the Christian church cannot save Guarani, even the church itself. During eighteenth century, Christian church or Roman Catholic Church were being used by government or the king as political weapon broadly. In this situation, religious activities that bring disastrous effect to colony is different than the religion itself. The scene when a kid is singing in front of “Master of the Continent” attracted me to the relationship between colonialism and Christianity. At first, people from outside take over the land, and aborigines lose their land since progenitor, then they been forced to speak other language and practice Christian. For cultures that rely heavily on oral traditions to transmit their beliefs and values, the loss of language constitutes a devastating blow to their religion (Amore et al. 2015). In some way, Christian protect aborigines from more encroachment. However, the all protection is after