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Journey to the East : The Jesuit Mission to China, 1579–1724 / Liam Matthew Brockey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (512 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780674028814
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 266.251
LOC classification:
  • BV3417 -- B76 2008eb
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Translations and Orthography -- Introduction -- Part I. Charting the Course -- 1. An Uneasy Foothold -- 2. In the Shadow of Greatness -- 3. Witnesses to Armageddon -- 4. The Problem of Success -- 5. Between Tolerance and the Intolerable -- Part II. Building the Church -- 6. In the Apostles’ Classroom -- 7. Learning the Language of Birds -- 8. The Business of Conversion -- 9. A Good Method and Order -- 10. Brothers of Passion and Mercy -- Conclusion -- Bibliographic Note -- Notes -- Illustration Credits -- Index
Summary: It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This “journey to the East” is explored by Brockey as he retraces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China.
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780674028814

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Translations and Orthography -- Introduction -- Part I. Charting the Course -- 1. An Uneasy Foothold -- 2. In the Shadow of Greatness -- 3. Witnesses to Armageddon -- 4. The Problem of Success -- 5. Between Tolerance and the Intolerable -- Part II. Building the Church -- 6. In the Apostles’ Classroom -- 7. Learning the Language of Birds -- 8. The Business of Conversion -- 9. A Good Method and Order -- 10. Brothers of Passion and Mercy -- Conclusion -- Bibliographic Note -- Notes -- Illustration Credits -- Index

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It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This “journey to the East” is explored by Brockey as he retraces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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