The early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism

The early modern Jesuit attitude towards Hindu and Ethiopian strains of asceticism

"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 o...

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1. Verfasser: Cohen, Leonardo (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Leiden, Boston Brill 2024
Schriftenreihe:Jesuit studies volume 41
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Jesuits > Missions > Catholic Church > Relations > YaʼItyop̣yā ʼortodoks tawāḥedo béta kerestiyān > Asceticism > Comparative studies > Europeans > Attitudes > Hinduism > Jesuiten > Äthiopische Kirche > Hinduismus > Askese > Spiritualität > Mission > Geschichte 1500-1600
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Zusammenfassung:"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"--
Beschreibung:Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 221-247 und Index
Beschreibung:VIII, 274 Seiten
ISBN:9789004538559
978-90-04-53855-9