The Jesuit Encounters with Islam in the Asia-Pacific /

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"This book explores the strategies adopted by the Jesuit missions under the Portuguese and Spanish patronage before Islamic powers such as the Mughal Empire in South Asia and the expansion of Islam in the Southeast Asian peripheries. Based on a comparative perspective, this book examines the in...

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Gespeichert in:
Hauptverfasser:
Coello de la Rosa, Alexandre, Melo, João Vicente
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Leiden, The Netherlands : Brill 2023
:Koninklijke Brill NV, [2023]
Ausgabe:
First edition.
Zusammenfassung:
"This book explores the strategies adopted by the Jesuit missions under the Portuguese and Spanish patronage before Islamic powers such as the Mughal Empire in South Asia and the expansion of Islam in the Southeast Asian peripheries. Based on a comparative perspective, this book examines the interconnections between the Jesuit proselytizing activities and the imperial projects of the Iberian crowns in Asia, highlighting the role of the Jesuit missionaries operating in Asian Islamic settings as diplomatic and cultural mediators. It is aimed at researchers and students working on Jesuit missions in South Asia, the Portuguese and Spanish empires in Asia, early modern cross-cultural diplomacy, early modern travel accounts, and early modern ethnography"--
Umfang:
1 online resource (116 pages).
Anmerkungen:
English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references.
Schriftenreihe:
Brill Research Perspectives in Humanities and Social Sciences Series
ISBN:
9789004517325
9004517324
Schlagworte:
Catholic Church > Relations > Islam.
Catholic Church
History.
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