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Changes in ethical worldviews of Spanish missionaries in Mexico : an ethical transition from sight to touch in the 16th and 17th centuries /

\'Conversion\' is a basic religious concept, which has manifold implications for our everyday lives. Ran Tene's Changes in Ethical Worldviews of Spanish Missionaries in Mexico utilizes a cross-disciplinary methodology in which the fields of Philosophy, History, and Literary Studies ar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tene, Ran
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : Brill, 2015.
Colección:European expansion and indigenous response.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Changes in Ethical Worldviews of Spanish Missionaries in Mexico: An Ethical Transition from Sight to Touch in the16th and 17th Centuries; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; General Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; List of Figures and Tables; Glossary of Foreign Terms; Introduction; 1 Conversion and an Ethical Worldview; 2 Methodology; 3 Authors of the Historical Sources; 1 From Sight to Touch in the Ethical Narrative; 1.1 Earth, Body, and Clothes; 1.2 The Body; 1.3 Poverty; 1.4 Identity and Will; 1.5 Sight, Touch and Free Will
  • A Summary; 2 Two Ethical Systems: Example and Mystery.
  • 2.1 The Beautiful and the True2.2 From Example to Mystery ('ejemplo''misterio') -To Learn from a Human Story; 2.3 Self-identity and Historical Memory-Homeland, Family, and History; 2.4 Moral Particularism and the Ethical Dispute; 3 Cruelty; 3.1 Cruelty in the SixteenthCentury
  • the Object of Cruelty; 3.2 Cruelty in the SeventeenthCentury
  • Torquemada and the Cruelty of Sacrifice
  • the Story of the Goddess Toci; 3.3 Cruelty, Dominion/Rule, and Justice; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.