To overcome oneself : the Jesuit ethic and spirit of global expansion, 1520-1767 /

Show other versions (2)

To Overcome Oneself offers a novel retelling of the emergence of the Western concept of "modern self," demonstrating how the struggle to forge a self was enmeshed in early modern Catholic missionary expansion. Examining the practices of Catholics in Europe and New Spain from the 1520s thro...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Molina, J. Michelle
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2013.
Subjects:
Ignatius, > of Loyola, Saint, > 1491-1556. > Exercitia spiritualia.
Jesuits > Spiritual life.
Jesuits
Jesuiten
Exercitia spiritualia (Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint)
Spiritual exercises.
Self > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Self (Philosophy)
Exercices spirituels.
Moi (Psychologie) > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Moi (Philosophie)
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
Self > Religious aspects > Christianity
Spiritual exercises
Spiritual life
Geistliches Leben
Ich-Bewusstsein
16th century.
17th century.
18th century.
anthropology.
catholic missionary expansion.
catholic.
christian institutions.
christian organizations.
christianity.
god and religion.
history.
humanity.
intellectual tradition.
jesuit meditation.
jesuit thought.
jesuits.
latin america.
mind and body.
missionary colonialism.
missionary.
modern self.
new spain.
religion.
self transformation.
social reality.
spiritual directors.
spiritual exercises.
spiritual practices.
spiritual.
transcend self.
western intellectual tradition.
devotional literature.
Devotional literature
Devotional literature.
Littérature de dévotion.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:To Overcome Oneself offers a novel retelling of the emergence of the Western concept of "modern self," demonstrating how the struggle to forge a self was enmeshed in early modern Catholic missionary expansion. Examining the practices of Catholics in Europe and New Spain from the 1520s through the 1760s, the book treats Jesuit techniques of self-formation, namely spiritual exercises and confessional practices, and the relationships between spiritual directors and their subjects. Catholics on both sides of the Atlantic were folded into a dynamic that shaped new concepts of self and, in t
Physical Description:1 online resource
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780520955042
0520955048
1299587860
9781299587861

Similar Items