The Jesuit mission to New France [electronic resource] : a new interpretation in the light of the earlier Jesuit experience in Japan / by Takao Abé
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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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2011.
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| Series: | Studies in the history of Christian traditions ;
v. 151. |
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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. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 234 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-219) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9789004209657 9004209654 1283120496 9781283120494 9786613120496 6613120499 |