Missionary Practices and Spanish Steel: The Evolution of Apostolic Mission in the Context of New Spain Conquests

The work and ministries of the Roman Catholic friars who gave their lives, both as martyrs for the cause of their church and in years of hard and often thankless labor, are the inspiration and basis for Missionary Practices and Spanish Steel, a theological and practical narrative that seeks to remember and understand their accomplishments in Christian mission.

Missionary and theologian Andrew L. Toth investigates the roots of Christian mission as it developed into the field of Christian mis...