The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism / Leonardo Cohen.
The Early Modern Jesuit Attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian Strains of Asceticism
Erişim Adresi
ISBN
9789004538566 (electronic book)
9789004538559 (print)
9789004538559 (print)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yer Numarası
DK/6032
Yazar
Yayın Bilgisi
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2024.
©2024
©2024
Fiziksel Niteleme
1 online resource (278 pages) : illustrations.
Dizi
Early Modern History and Modern History E-Books Online, Collection 2024
Jesuit Studies ; 41
Jesuit Studies ; 41
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Özet, vb.
The book presents an early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism. The Jesuits’ descriptions of both the yogis and the Ethiopian renunciates were marked by ambivalence. While critical of these ascetics, the missionaries also pointed out admirable facets of their comportment. In both the Society of Jesus’ positive and negative impressions, there are also glaring ethnocentric views that shift the spotlight onto the other’s flaws. Like many historical cases, these perceptions evolved into a sort of inverted mirror image of the self that revealed differences between the European Catholic and the native renunciate.
Dil Notu
English
Konu
Asceticism.
Religious education __ Study and teaching.
Religious education __ Study and teaching.
