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A companion to early modern Catholic global missions /

A survey of the latest scholarship on Catholic missions between the 16th and 18th centuries, this collection of fourteen essays by historians from eight countries offers not only a global view of the organization, finances, personnel, and history of Catholic missions to the Americas, Africa, and Asi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hsia, R. Po-chia, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2017.
Colección:Brill's companions to the Christian tradition ; v. 80.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:A survey of the latest scholarship on Catholic missions between the 16th and 18th centuries, this collection of fourteen essays by historians from eight countries offers not only a global view of the organization, finances, personnel, and history of Catholic missions to the Americas, Africa, and Asia, but also the complex political, cultural, and religious contexts of the missionary fields. The conquests and colonization of the Americas presented a different stage for the drama of evangelization in contrast to that of Africa and Asia: the inhospitable landscape of Africa, the implacable Islamic societies of the Ottoman, Safavid, and Mughal empires, and the self-assured regimes of Ming-Qing China, Nguyen dynasty Vietnam, and Tokugawa Japan.
Descripción Física:1 online resource
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9789004355286
9004355286
ISSN:1871-6377 ;