| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 372 pages) |
| Series |
Studies in Christian mission, 0924-9389 ; volume 52 |
| Contents |
Contents -- Editorsâ#x80;#x99; Note -- List of Contributors -- Part 1 Cultural Translation, Missionary Linguistics, and Catholic Catechisms in the Early Modern Age -- Translating Catechisms, Translating Cultures: An Introduction -- Reflection on Language in Christian Mission: The Significance of Communication in the Linguistic Concepts of José de Acosta SJ and Antonio Ruiz de Montoya SJ -- Wholesome Milk and Strong Meat: Peter Canisiusâ#x80;#x99;s Catechisms and the Conversion of Protestant Britain -- Part 2 Translating Christian Terms |
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Inventing New Words: Father Jean de Brébeufâ#x80;#x99;s Wendat Catechism of 1632The Writing Catechism and Translation Strategies of Three Jesuits in South India: Henrique Henriques, Roberto de Nobili and Joseph Beschi -- Part 3 Translating Christian Practices -- António Fernandes and His Book on the Virgin Mary: A Contribution to the Jesuit-Ethiopian Debate over Asceticism and Matrimony -- Roberto Nobiliâ#x80;#x99;s VivÄ#x81;ha dharma: A Case of Cultural Translation -- A Law Too Strict?: The Cultural Translation of Catholic Marriage in the Jesuit Mission to Japan |
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Christian Catechisms and Practice in Japan in the Era of the Jesuit Mission: An Intercultural ApproachPart 4 Translating the Christian Faith with Pictures -- From Catechisms to Prayer Books in the Early Jesuit China Mission: Tracing the Images the Chinese â#x80;#x9C;should and should not venerateâ#x80;#x9D; (16thâ#x80;#x93;17th Centuries) -- Preaching with Pictures, Transforming Memories: Catechisms and Images as Contact Zones in Sixteenth Century New Spain |
| Summary |
Translating Catechisms, Translating Cultures explores the dimensions of early modern transcultural Christianities, the leeway of religious negotiation in and outside of Europe by comparing catechisms and their translations in the context of several Jesuit missions (including China, India, Japan, Ethiopia, Northern America and England).-- Provided by Publisher |
| Notes |
"The present volume is the proceedings of the Conference "Comparing Catechisms - Entangling Christian History" (14-16 May 2014) organized by Antje Fluchter"--ECIP galley |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Description based on print version record |
| Subject |
Catholic Church -- History -- Modern period, 1500- -- Congresses
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Catholic Church -- Missions -- History -- Congresses
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Catholic Church -- Catechisms -- History -- Congresses
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| SUBJECT |
Catholic Church fast |
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- Catholic.
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Catechisms
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Missions
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Flüchter, Antje, editor
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Wirbser, Rouven, editor
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| LC no. |
2017035050 |
| ISBN |
9789004353060 |
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9004353062 |
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