Journey to the East : the Jesuit mission to China, 1579-1724 /

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It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This "journey to the East" is explored by Liam Brockey as he retraces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to Chin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brockey, Liam Matthew
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
Temas:
Jesuits > Missions > China.
Jesuits
RELIGION > Christian Ministry > Missions.
HISTORY > Modern > 16th Century.
Missions
China > Church history.
Chine > Histoire religieuse.
China
Church history
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Note on translations and orthography
  • Introduction
  • PART I. CHARTING THE COURSE. An uneasy foothold
  • In the shadow of greatness
  • Witnesses to armageddon
  • The problem of success
  • Between tolerance and the intolerable
  • PART II. BUILDING THE CHURCH. In the apostles' classroom
  • Learning the language of birds
  • The business of conversion
  • A good method and order
  • Brothers of passion and mercy
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliographic note
  • Notes
  • Illustration credits
  • Index.

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