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

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abé, Takao
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.
Series:Studies in the history of Christian traditions ; v. 151.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction : Iberian and French Jesuits from an international perspective
  • Review of literature on the Jesuit missions to Japan and New France
  • Interpreting non-Christian cultures: Jesuit biases
  • Preaching, winning converts and educating them: evolving multifaceted strategies
  • Organising a mission for a Christian community: missionary réductions reconsidered
  • Accepting and comprehending Christianity: non-European practice of the religion
  • Conclusion: the French Jesuit mission revisited.