The Catholic Friar Junípero Serra and the Puritan Pastor Jonathan EdwardsRepresentative "Models of Christian Charity"
ISSN: 0211-5913
Year of publication: 2013
Issue Title: Functional Discourse Grammar: Advances and Prospects
Issue: 67
Pages: 143-159
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista Canaria de Estudios Ingleses
Abstract
The Spanish and British presences in America have traditionally been understood as opposites if not antagonistic. However, recent academic studies are showing that the coincidences are higher than the differences. This essay continues with this innovative approach, from a religious perspective. Two fundamental characters are taken as models in order to understand the Catholic and puritanical presence: the Franciscan friar Junípero Serra and the Protestant pastor Jonathan Edwards. They were both spiritual and historical references to Catholics and Protestants. They were contemporary characters whose goal, beyond religious faith and vocation, was conditioned by political circumstances and internal religious disputes