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The Jesuit Missions to China and Peru, 1570-1610: Expectations and Appraisals of Expansionism

The Jesuit Missions to China and Peru, 1570-1610: Expectations and Appraisals of Expansionism

Hardcover

Series: Routledge Studies in the Modern History of Asia

General ChristianityGeneral Racism & Ethnic StudiesGeneral Sociology

ISBN10: 0415529824
ISBN13: 9780415529822
Publisher: Routledge
Published: May 24 2013
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.05
Height: 0.70 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.20
Language: English

This book explores how leading Jesuits, Ricci (1552-1610) in China and Acosta (1540-1600) in Peru, adapted Catholic teaching to fit the prevailing religious outlook and practices in the two countries in order to make Catholicism more understandable and palatable to the local population. It examines in detail Catholic theology, the Jesuit approach to mission, and the concepts which underpinned adaptation, showing in the detail of catechisms produced in each of the territories how adaptation worked out in practice. The book concludes by outlining how the relationship between Catholicism and local culture in the two countries developed.

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