The frontiers of mission : perspectives on early modern missionary Catholicism / edited by Alison Forrestal, Sean Alexander Smith.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Forrestal, Alison, editor.

Smith, Seán Alexander, editor.

Series:

Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700.

Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700, 2468-4279

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Catholic Church--Missions--History.

Catholic Church.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (214 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, Netherlands ; Boston, [Massachusetts] : Brill, 2016.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In exploring the shifting realities of missionary experience during the course of imperialist ventures and the Catholic Reformation, The Frontiers of Mission: Perspectives on Early Modern Missionary Catholicism provides a fresh assessment of the challenges that the Catholic church encountered at the frontiers of mission in the early modern era. Bringing together leading international scholars, the volume tests the assumption that uniformity and co-ordination governed early modern missionary enterprise, and examines the effects of distance and de-centering on a variety of missionaries and religious orders. Its essays focus squarely on the experiences of the missionaries themselves to offer a nuanced consideration of the meaning of ‘missionary Catholicism’, and its evolving relationship with newly discovered cultures and political and ecclesiastical authorities.

Contents:

Preliminary Material

1 Re-thinking Missionary Catholicism for the Early Modern Era / Alison Forrestal and Seán Alexander Smith

2 “Do not suppose that those tears proceed from weakness’’: Jesuit Weeping on Mission Frontiers, 1560–1760 / Karin Vélez

3 Female Voices and Agencies on the Canadian Missionary Frontier, according to Marie Guyart de l’Incarnation (1599–1672) / Dominique Deslandres

4 “Virtue in the extreme is worth nothing”: Mortification and Mission in Madagascar, 1648–1674 / Seán Alexande Smith

5 Not-So-Good Shepherds: Reluctant Jesuit Martyrs on the Seventeenth-Century Chilean Frontier / Andrew Redden

6 Serving God and Caesar: Pierre-François Viguier’s Reconnaissance Mission to the Archipelago (1778–1779) / Andrew P. McCormick

7 Catholic Missionary Activity in the Northern Balkans in the Seventeenth Century / Tadhg Ó hAnnracháin

8 Spiritual Legitimisation? Franciscan Competition over the Holy Land (1517–1700) / Megan C. Armstrong

9 Mission Frontiers: A Reflection on Catholic Missions in the Early Modern World / Ronnie Po-chia Hsia

Index / Alison Forrestal and Seán Alexander Smith

Backlist / Alison Forrestal and Seán Alexander Smith.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-32517-4

OCLC:

953636090

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004325173 DOI