UID:
edocfu_9959243718402883
Umfang:
1 online resource (512 p. )
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ill., maps
ISBN:
0-674-26236-0
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0-674-02881-3
Inhalt:
It was one of the great encounters of world history: highly educated European priests confronting Chinese culture for the first time in the modern era. This "journey to the East" is explored by Brockey as he retraces the path of the Jesuit missionaries who sailed from Portugal to China.
Anmerkung:
Originally published: 2007.
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Frontmatter --
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Contents --
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Preface --
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Note on Translations and Orthography --
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Introduction --
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Part I. Charting the Course --
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1. An Uneasy Foothold --
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2. In the Shadow of Greatness --
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3. Witnesses to Armageddon --
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4. The Problem of Success --
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5. Between Tolerance and the Intolerable --
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Part II. Building the Church --
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6. In the Apostles' Classroom --
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7. Learning the Language of Birds --
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8. The Business of Conversion --
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9. A Good Method and Order --
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10. Brothers of Passion and Mercy --
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Conclusion --
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Bibliographic Note --
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Notes --
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Illustration Credits --
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Index
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English
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 0-674-03036-2
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Theologie/Religionswissenschaften
DOI:
10.4159/9780674028814
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