To Overcome Oneself : The Jesuit Ethic and Spirit of Global Expansion, 1520-1767 /

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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...

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Auteur principal: Molina, J. Michelle
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Berkeley, CA : University of California Press, 2013.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Ignatius, > of Loyola, Saint, > 1491-1556. > Exercitia spiritualia.
Jesuiten
Jesuits.
Jesuits > Spiritual life.
Exercitia spiritualia (Ignatius, of Loyola, Saint)
Ich-Bewusstsein
Geistliches Leben
Spiritual life.
Spiritual exercises.
Self > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Self (Philosophy)
HISTORY > Latin America > General.
RELIGION > Institutions & Organizations.
Moi (Philosophie)
Moi (Psychologie) > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Exercices spirituels.
Litterature de devotion.
Devotional literature.
devotional literature.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé: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
Description matérielle:1 online resource (292 pages).
ISBN:9780520955042

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