Date: 2015
Type: Book
Envoys of a human God : the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia, 1557-1632
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015, Jesuit studies. Modernity through the prism of Jesuit history ; 2
MARTINEZ D'ALOS-MONER, Andreu, Envoys of a human God : the Jesuit mission in Ethiopia, 1557-1632, Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2015, Jesuit studies. Modernity through the prism of Jesuit history ; 2
- https://hdl.handle.net/1814/35958
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In Envoys of A Human God Andreu Martínez offers a comprehensive study of the religious mission led by the Society of Jesus in Christian Ethiopia. The mission to Ethiopia was one of the most challenging undertakings carried out by the Catholic Church in early modern times. The book examines the period of early Portuguese contacts with the Ethiopian monarchy, the mission’s main developments and its aftermath, with the expulsion of the Jesuit missionaries. The study profits from both an intense reading of the historical record and the fruits of recent archaeological research. Long-held historiographical assumptions are challenged and the importance of cultural and socio-political factors in the attraction and ultimate estrangement between European Catholics and Ethiopian Christians is highlighted.
Table of Contents:
-- PART 1 From Diu to Feremona
1 The Prester John’s New Clothes;
2 From Santiago to St. Paul;
3 Native Networks;
-- PART 2 From Feremona to Gorgora
4 Mission Metrics;
5 Mission Politics;
6 Mission Culture;
-- PART 3 From Gorgora to Goa
7 Yätent;
8 Exile and Memory;
9 Conclusions;
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/35958
Full-text via DOI: 10.1163/9789004289154
ISBN: 9789004289154; 9789004289147
ISSN: 2214-3289
Publisher: Brill
Initial version: http://hdl.handle.net/1814/12008
Version: Published version of EUI PhD thesis, 2009
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