The Samurai and the cross: the Jesuit enterprise in early modern Japan

M. Antoni J. Ucerler examines how the Jesuit missionaries sought new ways to communicate their faith in an unfamiliar linguistic, cultural, and religious environment-and how they sought to 're-invent' Christianity in the context of samurai Japan. Based on little-known primary sources in va...

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1. Verfasser: Üçerler, M. Antoni J. 1964- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York, NY Oxford University Press [2022]
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:M. Antoni J. Ucerler examines how the Jesuit missionaries sought new ways to communicate their faith in an unfamiliar linguistic, cultural, and religious environment-and how they sought to 're-invent' Christianity in the context of samurai Japan. Based on little-known primary sources in various languages, 'The Samurai and the Cross' explores the moral and political debates over religion, law, and 'reason of state' that took place on both the European and the Japanese side.
Beschreibung:Also issued in print: 2022. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xxii, 445 Seiten) Illustrationen
ISBN:9780197640364
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780195335439.001.0001