The early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism
"The book presents an early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism. The Jesuits' descriptions of both the yogis and the Ethiopian renunciates were marked by ambivalence. While critical of these ascetics, the missionaries also pointed out admirable facets o...
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| 语言: | English |
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Leiden Boston
Brill
[2024]
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Jesuit studies (volume 41)
Year: 2024 |
| 丛编: | Jesuit studies
volume 41 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
耶稣会
/ Äthiopische Kirche
/ 印度教
/ 禁欲主义
/ 灵性
/ 宣教
/ 历史 1500-1600
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| IxTheo Classification: | KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history KBM Asia KBN Sub-Saharan Africa KDB Roman Catholic Church RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān
Relations
Catholic Church
B Europeans Attitudes B Asceticism Comparative studies B Catholic Church Relations Hinduism B Jesuits Missions History B Catholic Church Relations YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān B Hinduism Relations Catholic Church |
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| 总结: | "The book presents an early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism. The Jesuits' descriptions of both the yogis and the Ethiopian renunciates were marked by ambivalence. While critical of these ascetics, the missionaries also pointed out admirable facets of their comportment. In both the Society of Jesus' positive and negative impressions, there are also glaring ethnocentric views that shift the spotlight onto the other's flaws. Like many historical cases, these perceptions evolved into a sort of inverted mirror image of the self that revealed differences between the European Catholic and the native renunciate"-- |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 221-247 und Index |
| ISBN: | 9004538550 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/9789004538566 |