A Companion to Early Modern Catholic Global Missions.

• Po-Chia Hsia, Po-Chia (Author)

Table of Contents

Intro -- A Companion to Early ModernCatholic Global Missions -- Contents -- Acknowledgement -- Notes on Contributors -- Introduction -- The Americas -- Missionizing Mexico: Ecclesiastics, Natives, and the Spread of Christianity -- Conquering the Conquest -- Europeans in Evangelization -- Natives in Evangelization -- An Evolving Evangelization -- The Andes -- Introduction -- 1. First Evangelization in the Central Andes (1532-1583) -- 2. Trent in the Andes -- 3. Missions in the Margins -- 4. Evangelizing Indigenous Languages -- 5. Andean Catholicism -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- The Missions of Paraguay: Rise, Expansion and Fall -- Mission Ethnogenesis -- The Missioned Societies -- Shamans' Power -- Indios Letrados -- Urban Structure and Daily Routine -- Ruling Through Letters -- The Final Phase -- Conclusion -- Early Modern Catholic Missions in Brazil: The Challenge of the Outsiders -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Background -- 4.3 Jesuit Missions -- 4.4 Historiography -- 4.5 Jesuit Support..., Missionaries and French Subjects: The Jesuits in the Ottoman Empire -- 7.1 Introduction: From Crusade to Mission -- 7.2 Missionary Vocation -- 7.3 From Giulio Mancinelli to François De Canillac -- 7.4 France, Rome, and the Jesuits -- 7.5 The Conflict between Religious Orders -- 7.6 Conclusion -- Ambiguous Belongings: How Catholic Missionaries in Persia and the Roman Curia Dealt with Communicatio in Sacris -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 The Persia Mission in the Context of the Post-Tridentine Missions -- 8.3 The Local Practices of Piety -- 8.4 "Nihil Esse Respondendum:" Decision-Making Processes in the Roman Curia -- 8.5 The Truth Claim of the Roman Catholic Church and the Limits of Enforceability -- Asia -- South Asia -- 9.1 Introduction -- 9.2 Missionary Landscapes -- 9.3 Accommodation and Violence -- 9.4 Language and Translation Zones -- 9.5 A Quest for Missionary Method -- 9.6 The Apogee and End of Catholic Missionary Knowledge -- 9.7 Historiographical Renewal -- Missions in Vietnam -- 10.1..., 11.14 The End of the Mission -- 11.15 The "Underground Christians" -- 11.16 Conclusion -- 11.17 Postscript on Primary and Secondary Sources -- Imperial China and the Christian Mission -- 12.1 Introduction -- 12.2 Sources -- 12.3 Historiography -- 12.4 Laying the Foundations -- 12.5 Science and Conversion in China -- 12.6 Converts -- 12.7 The Jesuit Mission: A Cross-Sectional View -- 12.8 Jesuit Writings in China -- 12.9 The Kangxi Emperor and the Jesuits -- 12.10 From Toleration to Prohibition -- 12.11 Christianity and Chinese Society -- The Structures -- Finances of the Missions -- 13.1 Introduction -- 13.2 State of the Field and Nature of the Sources -- 13.3 Jesuit Financial Administration -- 13.4 Sources of Income -- 13.5 Conclusion -- Missionaries: Who were They -- 14.1 Introduction -- 14.2 The Model: Francis Xavier -- 14.3 The Political Conditions for the Central European Indipeta -- 14.4 Qualifications for the Missionary Candidate -- 14.5 Other Media for the Propagation of the Call...