Conflict and conversion : Catholicism in Southeast Asia, 1500-1700 /

This text explores how Catholic missionaries, merchants, and adventurers brought their faith to the strategically and commercially crucial region of Southeast Asia in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Alberts, Tara (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.
Subjects:	Catholic Church > Southeast Asia > History > 16th century. Catholic Church > Southeast Asia > History > 17th century. Église catholique > Histoire > 16e siècle. Église catholique > Histoire > 17e siècle. Catholic Church Southeast Asia > Church history > 16th century. Southeast Asia > Church history > 17th century. Conversion > Catholic Church > History > 16th century. Conversion > Catholic Church > History > 17th century. Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire religieuse > 16e siècle. Asie du Sud-Est > Histoire religieuse > 17e siècle. Conversion > Église catholique > Histoire > 16e siècle. Conversion > Église catholique > Histoire > 17e siècle. Conversion > Catholic Church Southeast Asia 1500-1699 Electronic books. Church history History
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Table of Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Introduction: The Crossroads of the World; I. MISSIONARY STRUCTURES AND NETWORKS; 1. The Arrival of Catholic Missionaries 1511-1600; 2. Rome Takes Charge: A New Layer of Jurisdiction 1600-1690; 3. Assessments of Conversion Potential; II. MISSIONARY METHODS; 4. What Type of People Are You? Performing the Missionary Identity; 5. Tools of Evangelization: Catechisms and Catholic Literatures; III. CONVERTS TO CHRISTIANITY; 6. Essential Rites? Converts and the Sacraments of the Church; 7. Southeast Asian Catholic Devotions
8. Catholic Women: Nuns, Martyrs, Apostles, and Apostates9. Freeing the Souls of Slaves; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; V; W; X