Plagues, priests, and demons : sacred narratives and the rise of Christianity in the Old World and the New /

Plagues, Priests, and Demons is a comparative, interdisciplinary study of the rise of Christianity in the late Roman Empire and colonial Mexico. Analysis of early Christian and Spanish missionary texts reveals that epidemic disease undermined pre-Christian societies, encouraging pagan and Indian int...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Reff, Daniel T., 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Temas:
Jesuits > Missions > Mexico > History.
Jésuites > Missions > Mexique > Histoire.
Jesuits.
Jesuiten
30 - 600
Missions > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Communicable diseases > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Medicine, Medieval.
Communicable Diseases > history
Christianity > history
Disease Outbreaks > history
History, Ancient
History, Medieval
History, Modern 1601-
Missions and Missionaries > history
Christianity.
Church history.
Communicable diseases.
History.
Missions.
Missions > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Église > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Maladies infectieuses > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire.
Médecine médiévale.
Médecine > Histoire > 1500-
11.50 church history and history of doctrine: general.
15.52 Roman Empire.
15.85 history of America.
RELIGION > Christian Church > History.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Communicable diseases > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Missions > Early church.
Mission
Christianisierung
Christentum
Zending.
Rampen.
Mexico > Church history.
Europe
Mexico
Mexique > Histoire religieuse.
Europe.
Mexico.
Mexiko
Europa
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Epidemic disease and the rise of Christianity in Europe, 150-800 CE
  • The rise of Christianity in the New World: the Jesuit missions of Colonial Mexico, 1591-1660
  • The relevance of Early Christian literature to missionaries in Colonial Latin America
  • Conclusion.

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