Visitor - Andre Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia

Informationen zum Autor Liam Matthew Brockey is Professor of History at Michigan State University. Klappentext In an age when few ventured beyond their birthplace, André Palmeiro left Portugal to inspect Jesuit missions from Mozambique to Japan. A global history in the guise of biography, The Visitor tells the story of a theologian whose travels bore witness to the fruitful contact¿and violent collision¿of East and West in the early modern era. Zusammenfassung In an age when few ventured beyond their birthplace, André Palmeiro left Portugal to inspect Jesuit missions from Mozambique to Japan. A global history in the guise of biography, The Visitor tells the story of a theologian whose travels bore witness to the fruitful contact—and violent collision—of East and West in the early modern era.

Product details

• Authors: Liam Matthew Brockey, Brockey Liam Matthew
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.09.2014
• EAN: 9780674416680
• ISBN: 978-0-674-41668-0
• No. of pages: 528
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic, Asia, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Asia / General, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, HISTORY / Modern / 17th Century, Christianity, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Asian History, Christian institutions & organizations, Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, C 1600 To C 1700, Catholic