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Missionizing on the edge : religion and power in the Jesuit missions of Spanish Amazonia
Title
Missionizing on the edge : religion and power in the Jesuit missions of Spanish Amazonia / by Francismar Alex Lopes de Carvalho.
ISBN
9789004462038
9004462031
9789004527898
Publication
Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Physical Description
x, 376 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.
Summary
"Established in 1638 in a vast Amazonian territory that today encompasses border areas of Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Brazil, the missions of Maynas were one of the Society of Jesus' main enterprises in Spanish America. Jesuit writings provide a unique insight into the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century encounters between Europeans and indigenous peoples. In effect, they shed light on how native Amazonians appropriated elements of Christian religiosity and Iberian urban culture. This book is not only about how indigenous populations experienced life in missions. It is above all a study of how natives actively engaged with the practices and ideas of settlement and religiosity transmitted by the Jesuits"-- Provided by publisher.
Other formats
Online version: Carvalho, Francismar Alex Lopes de. Missionizing on the edge Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2022]
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
March 23, 2023
Series
Jesuit studies, volume 37
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Images of Natives
Images of the Devil
Missionary Entradas and Ethnic Processes
Territorial Disputes and the Financing of the Missionary Enterprise
Between Captivity and Conversion: Spanish Jesuits, Portuguese Carmelites, and Indigenous Peoples
Mediators of the Sacred: Missionaries' Indigenous Auxiliaries
"A Veritable Jungle of Languages": Jesuits, Language Policy, and Cultural Translation
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Genre/Form
History.
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