The Jesuit mission to New France : a new interpretation in the light of the earlier Jesuit experience in Japan /

A new interpretation of the Jesuit mission to New France is here proposed by using, for comparison and contrast, the earlier Jesuit experience in Japan. In order to present revisionist perspectives of the Jesuit missions based on a broader international framework beyond North America, the existing h...

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Main Author: Abé, Takao
Corporate Author: JSTOR (Organization)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:English.
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 151.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:A new interpretation of the Jesuit mission to New France is here proposed by using, for comparison and contrast, the earlier Jesuit experience in Japan. In order to present revisionist perspectives of the Jesuit missions based on a broader international framework beyond North America, the existing historical paradigms of the Jesuit missionary activity to Amerindians based on the limited regional history of New France are re-examined.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource(vii, 234 pages ).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [209]-219) and index.
ISBN:9789004209657
9004209654
1283120496
9781283120494
9786613120496
6613120499