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Jesuits at the Margins: Missions and Missionaries in the Marianas (1668-1769) book cover

1st Edition

Jesuits at the Margins Missions and Missionaries in the Marianas (1668-1769)

By Alexandre Coello de la Rosa Copyright 2016
382 Pages 2 Color & 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

382 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

382 Pages 26 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge
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In the past decades historians have interpreted early modern Christian missions not simply as an adjunct to Western imperialism, but a privileged field for cross-cultural encounters. Placing the Jesuit missions into a global phenomenon that emphasizes economic and cultural relations between Europe and the East, this book analyzes the possibilities and limitations of the religious conversion in... Read more

Preface.  Francis X. Hezel, SJ.  Acknowledgments.  Introduction  Part I: Colonization and Sanctity in the Marianas  1. The Blood of Martyrs (1668-1676)  2. The Soldiers of Gideon (1677-1699)  Part II: From the Marianas’ Crisis to Salvationist Utopia  3. Corruption, Greed and the Public Good (1700-1730)  4. From Christian Universalism to Jesuit Cosmopolitanism: The Caroline Islands (1700-1735)  5. Transoceanic Bigamists (1700-1747)  Part III: The Baroque Representation of Power  6. Phoenix in the Marianas (1747)  Part IV: The Jesuits Under Suspicion  7. Lights and Shadows: The Inquisitorial Process Against the Jesuit Congregation of Nuestra Señora de la Luz (1758-1776).  Afterword.

Biography

Alexandre Coello de la Rosa is Professor of History in the Department of Humanities at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona, Spain).

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